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By Jaylin R. Smith
On a warm Wednesday evening at the University of Mississippi, four media powerhouses sat under the glaring lights of the Overby...
By Chloe Calo
The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics will continue its fall programming next Tuesday night with a very special panel celebrating...
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...
The Honorable U. S. Senator Roger Wicker was roasted last week by the Mississippi Press Association. Charlie Mitchell, Associate Professor of Journalism was master of ceremonies. Left to right: Mrs. Gayle Wicker, Associate Professor Charlie Mitchell and the Honorable Senator Roger Wicker.
From 1920 to 1960, O.N. Pruitt photographed his fellow citizens (both Black and white) in Columbus, Mississippi, surrounding northeast Mississippi and Alabama. He documented floods and fires, tornado aftermath and carnival sideshows, sublime studio portraits and riverside baptisms, executions at the Lowndes County Courthouse, and a 1935 lynching.