In the racial politics of the United States, racial passing refers to a person classified by society as a member of one racial group (most commonly Caucasian / Afro-American heritage) choosing to identify with a different group (usually white) by appearance. The term was used especially in the US to describe a person of mixed-race heritage assimilating to the white majority… Wikipedia contributors, “Passing (racial identity),” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Passing_(racial_identity)&oldid=348052376 (accessed March 9, 2010). |
‘Free State of Jones’ author talksPosted in History, Media Archive, Mississippi, United States, Videos on 2016-03-07 17:26Z by Steven |
‘Free State of Jones’ author talks
The Clarion-Ledger
Jackson, Mississippi
2016-03-02
Author Victoria Bynum discusses her book, Free State of Jones, which is now a new Hollywood movie starring Matthew Mcconaughey.
Watch the interview here.
Miss., US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to read poetry at JSUPosted in Live Events, Media Archive, Mississippi, United States, Women on 2012-09-03 23:37Z by Steven |
Miss., US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to read poetry at JSU
Clarion-Ledger
Jackson, Mississippi
2012-08-21
Special to The Clarion-Ledger
Pulitzer Prize winner and current Mississippi and United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will read her poetry at Jackson State University at 3 p.m. Sept. 20 in room 166/266 of the Dollye M.E. Robinson College of Liberal Arts Building.
This event will be hosted by the Margaret Walker Center at JSU and is free and open to the public.
In January, Trethewey was named the Mississippi Poet Laureate for a four-year term. Soon after, she was named the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. Trethewey is the first person to serve simultaneously as a state and U.S. laureate.
Read the entire article here.