Rico Chapman, assistant professor of history, will present his talk, "Black Studies at Jackson State College: The Institute for the Study of History, Life and Culture of Black People, 1968-1979," on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. in the Holden Reading Room on the fourth floor of the H.T. Sampson Library. The Center for...Read More

Robert Luckett, director of the Margaret Walker Center and assistant professor of history, will present his talk, "Massive Resistance: The Evolution of Racist Politics in Mississippi," on Thursday, February 20, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. in the Holden Reading Room on the fourth floor of the H.T. Sampson Library.  The Center for University Scholars hosts this...Read More

Byron D'Andra Orey, professor of political science, will present his talk, "Hair Texture, Complexion and Candidate Evaluation" on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Holden Reading Room on the fourth floor of the H.T. Sampson Library.  The Center for University Scholars hosts this brown bag research talk and provides light refreshments, typically sandwiches,...Read More

The Center for University Scholars will host a brown bag research talk with Dr. Rashell Smith-Spears on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Holden Reading Room on the fourth floor of the H.T. Sampson Library. Dr. Smith-Spears will present her talk, "The Black Vampire in African-American Literature and Popular Culture." We will...Read More

Below are the scheduled brown bag research talks for the Spring 2014 Semester. January 23, 2014  Dr. Rashell Smith-Spears, Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages "The Black Vampire in African-American Literature and Popular Culture" February 11, 2014   Dr. Byron D. Orey, Department of Political Science "Hair Texture, Complexion and Candidate Evaluation" February 18,...Read More