"He is eighty-six years old, his eyes appear bewilderingly large behind Coke-bottle lenses, and most of his teeth are gone. He says he remembers the soldiers touching the columned mansions of ...

Converse, a rural village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, has a prominent place in the education of African Americans post-Reconstruction era. But the little village may also have ties to hundreds of ...

This presentation explores historical memory through ethnographic research within the context of two separate interdisciplinary projects spanning three continents. The first project examines the ...

Mississippi’s state auditor has proposed cutting funding to degree programs at public universities that his office says lead to fewer graduates finding jobs in the state. In a report released ...