Note from Vikki Bynum: Many readers have written to tell me how much they enjoy listening to “Jones County Jubilee,” over on my Free State of Jones website. The song is performed by Doctor […]
Gregg Andrews on the Origins of “Jones County Jubilee”
Who are These Women? Lessons in Photograph Identification
The following photograph, I’m sure you’ll agree, is intriguing. Posing together are two women, one of whom appears to be multiracial, the other white. Are they sisters? sisters-in-law? cousins? No one knows […]
Hot off the Press: Ed Payne’s Article on Sarah Collins
I’m pleased to announce that Ed Payne’s long-awaited article on Sarah Collins (aka Sarah Collins Walters Parker) is now in print! Look for “Kinship, Gender, and Slavery in the Free State of Jones: […]
Ingrid Leverett responds to State of Jones, by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer
I received the following email message on Sunday from Ingrid Leverett, the daughter of historian Rudy Leverett, author of The Legend of the Free State of Jones (University of Mississippi Press, 1984). […]
Jonathan Odell on Black and Multiracial Women in the Post-Civil War South
[Jonathan Odell has written extensively about his native state of Mississippi and is the author of the novel, The View From Delphi. This post was adapted from comments Jon made on Kevin Levin’s […]
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