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Yield Loss: How Mississippi’s Black Farmers Buckled Under the Fight for Civil Rights

September 18 @ 6:00 pm

Thursday, September 18 at 6 p.m., Dr. Kymara Sneed, Assistant Professor of History at MUW, will be speaking about the intersection of agriculture and race relations in Mississippi history in “Yield Loss: How Mississippi’s Black Farmers Buckled Under the Fight for Civil Rights.” Part of the Honors Forum Series, this talk will be held in Nissan Auditorium in Parkinson Hall.

All Honors Forum events are free and open to the public.

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  • Date: September 18
  • Time:
    6:00 pm

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Located in historic Columbus, Mississippi, The W was founded in 1884 as the first state-supported college for women in the United States. Today, the university is home to 2,193 students in more than 70 majors and concentrations and has educated men for 40 years. The university is nationally recognized for low student debt, community and social mobility which empowers students to BE BOLD.

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