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His music about the struggle for freedom became a powerful symbol of the times, especially in the South.
Since 1964, defamation law has provided strong protections for ensuring a “profound national commitment” to debate on public issues.
Despite challenges over budgets and freedom of speech, high school journalism is thriving in Mississippi.
His music about the struggle for freedom became a powerful symbol of the times, especially in the South.
Since 1964, defamation law has provided strong protections for ensuring a “profound national commitment” to debate on public issues.
Despite challenges over budgets and freedom of speech, high school journalism is thriving in Mississippi.
Tony Pederson, managing fellow of the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, discusses the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100 after almost two years in hospice care. Curtis Wilkie, inaugural fellow at the Overby Center, covered Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign against Gerald Ford from the beginning for the Boston Globe, and he was White House reporter during Carter’s four years as president. Charles Overby, chairman of the Overby Center, recently interviewed Wilkie.
Terry Mattingly of the Overby Center panel of experts reports that historic storms from Hurricane Helene have left North Carolina people without homes and still in desperate need of help.
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“Tragedy on Trial”
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 — The tragic events of the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 and the farcical trial that followed were discussed in a program at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics on Oct. 9. Author Ronald Collins discussed his new book, “Tragedy on Trial: The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial.”
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