Tag Archives: black history

Black History Month keynote speakers look to history, address weekend protests

Co-keynote speakers Dr. Joy DeGruy and Tim Wise address the crowd regarding Black History Month related issues last night in the student union ballroom....

When a protest is silent, signs have to speak for themselves.

As DeArrius Rhymes danced around to Michael Jackson’s 1992 single “Remember the Time” playing over the Union Ballroom speakers, his friend Cameron...

Black History month opening ceremony

Marcia Cole addressed a crowded audience on Thursday night during the university’s opening ceremony for Black History Month, and stressed the continued...

‘Let’s go time traveling’: University Wax Museum brings black history to life

The NAACP’s Mississippi chapter sponsored the university’s first Black History Wax Museum Wednesday night in Bishop Hall, lending time in the spotlight...

Diversity through my eyes, what is your story?

For Black History Month, the Daily Mississippian welcomes and encourages opinions from black students regarding their lives and experiences as a black student at the University of Mississippi. As the opinion editor, I hope to foster diversity and allow students to voice their opinions and concerns. While we feature black writers as often as they submit work, this month...

Is rap black enough?

Cover art of Boogie Down Productions’s ‘By All Means Necessary.’ Photo: RCA Records. “I heard that brother got knowledge of self” said by...

Burns-Belfry Museum officially opens

After 11 years of fundraising and construction, the former Burns Methodist Episcopal Church on West Jackson Avenue opened Saturday as the Burns-Belfry...

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