By Vikki Bynum Filming of the movie Free State of Jones is about to begin, and announcements regarding the cast are regularly appearing in movie trade papers. Renegade South learned less than […]
Serena Knight of the Free State of Jones
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I am a historian of the nineteenth century South and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Texas State University, San Marcos. My specialties are the Civil War homefront, Southern unionism, women, and race.
More on Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Rachel Knight in the Free State of Jones
Reblogged from Shadow and Act: On Cinema of the African Diaspora (Indiewire): Gugu Mbatha-Raw Will Confound the Rules of Segregated Mississippi with Matthew McConaughey in ‘Free State of Jones’ By Tambay […]
The Life and Death of Davis Knight after State vs. Knight (1948)
Originally posted on Renegade South:
By Vikki Bynum The Ellisville Courthouse, Ellisville, Mississippi, where Davis Knight was tried and found guilty of miscegenation. Photo by Victoria Bynum. Davis Knight, the great-grandson of…
The Jones County Home of William Harrison Mauldin: A Civil War Memory
By Vikki Bynum From October 1863 until the end of the Civil War, an inner civil war raged in Mississippi’s “Free State” of Jones County. According to Ed Mauldin, the log cabin of […]
Gugu Mbatha-Raw to play Rachel Knight in Free State of Jones Movie
By Vikki Bynum The movie “Free State of Jones” is heading toward production! Two exciting announcements appeared this past week. The first is a casting call for background actors that will take […]
Gregg Andrews on the Origins of “Jones County Jubilee”
Originally posted on Renegade South:
Dr. G and the Mudcats performing “Jones County Jubilee” at Cheatham Street Warehouse, San Marcos, TX, January 3, 2015 Many readers have written to tell me how…
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 65,000 […]
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