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4:00 pm
Reckoning
C-SPAN/OLD SUPREME COURT
presented by Mississippi Humanities Council;
University of Southern Mississippi Center
for the Study of the Gulf South
coverage provided by C-SPAN
room by BarbourHurst
Prepare to be moved, challenged, and enlightened
as we confront the shadows of our past
and chart a course toward a more just future.
This is more than a panel – it’s a necessary reckoning.
• Rebecca Tuuri (moderator)
• Tracie McMillan – The White Bonus:
Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America
• Kidada E. Williams – I Saw Death Coming:
A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
• Grace Elizabeth Hale – In the Pines:
A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning
• Dionne Ford – Go Back and Get It:
A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing
Divining the Deep South:
A Three-Genre
Conversation
STATE CAPITOL 204
presented by Fischer Galleries;
University of Mississippi Center
for the Study of Southern Culture
In a discussion spanning both form and genre,
these surveyors of the South reflect on what makes
the region so distinct, by exploring its geography
and cultural impact with equal fervor.
• John T. Edge (moderator) – The Potlikker Papers:
A Food History of the Modern South
• Boyce Upholt – The Great River:
The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
• January Gill O’Neil – Glitter Road: Poems
• Kate Medley – Thank You Please Come Again:
How Gas Stations Feed & Fuel the American South
Historical Fiction
STATE CAPITOL 201 H
presented by Danny Cupit; Pigott Law Firm
The past is creatively reimagined in these novels
as characters seek to right wrongs in all kinds
of exciting eras and dangerous situations.
• Crystal Forte (moderator)
• Maurice Carlos Ruffin – The American Daughters
• Avery Cunningham – The Mayor of Maxwell Street
• Jeff Barry – Go to Hell Ole Miss
• Allison Alsup – Foreign Seed
Political Journalism
STATE CAPITOL 201 A
presented by Frontier Strategies
Journalists and historians discuss the long-term impact
of political campaigns on governance, examining how
electoral victories and the influence of deep-pocketed
interests translate into policy shifts and the evolution
of party platforms.
• Jonathan Allen (moderator) – Lucky:
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
• Luke Mullins – The Wolves of K Street:
The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government
• Paul M. Sparrow – Awakening the Spirit of America:
FDR’s War of Words With Charles Lindbergh–and the Battle
to Save Democracy
• Jonathan Martin – This Will Not Pass:
Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future
• Jonathan Karl – Tired of Winning:
Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party