Around the South: Weekly Top News Stories in the South (09/17/22)
by Xander Norris Graphic by Zoe Keys At the Overby Center, our mission is to keep our audience as up to date as possible on the news of our region. So! Each week we'll be bringing you a rundown of the most
“50 Years of Title IX” panel praises progress on athletic equality
By Xander Norris The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics kicked off its fall lineup Tuesday night with a celebratory discussion of the 50th anniversary of federal Title IX legislation, the groundbreaking 1972 law that banned discrimination in federally-funded education
Around the South: This Week’s Top 10 Southern News Stories
by Xander Norris Graphic by Zoe Keyes At the Overby Center, our mission is to keep our audience as up to date as possible on the news of our region. So! Starting this week, we'll be bringing you the most prominent news stories happening right now south of
Willie Morris’s Oxford
JACKSON, Miss. – This year’s Mississippi Book Festival, held annually on the grounds of the state Capitol, included a “Remembering Willie Morris” panel celebrating the life of the lauded Mississippi author who passed away in 1999. The discussion featured authors