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Twitter’s “Historians At The Movies,” #HATM, to watch Free State of Jones this Sunday!

By renegadesouth on October 9, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Fans of Historians At The Movies, this is a special week! Join us this Sunday, October 14 at 8pm Eastern on @netflix for FREE STATE OF JONES. Joining us will be its […]

Remembering Slavery, A Commentary from Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

By renegadesouth on August 6, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s always nice to receive praise for one’s work that is unsolicited, unexpected, and unequivocally positive! The following commentary about slavery, which proclaims The Free State of Jones one of “two of […]

Revisiting “The Lyons and the Landrums”: Murder and Its Consequences

By renegadesouth on July 6, 2018 • ( 9 Comments )

By Ed Payne In 2010, Renegade South host Vikki Bynum told the story of Charles Landrum’s murder and the subsequent trial of Thomas Lyons (Lyon, Lynes, Lines) and his son Thomas Morgan […]

A great day at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Texas Center for Working Class Studies.

By renegadesouth on March 25, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

I recently returned from the Spring Creek Campus of Collin College in Plano, Texas, where I delivered the keynote address, “The Free State of Jones: Class, Kinship, and Revolt in Civil War […]

Free State of Jones Spotlighted by National Humanities Alliance as Exemplary NEH-Sponsored Work!

By renegadesouth on March 18, 2018 • ( 7 Comments )

I’m excited to announce that The Free State of Jones (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001, 2016) is featured on the new National Humanities alliance website! The National Humanities Alliance […]

Victoria Bynum is Keynote Speaker at 4th Annual Conference of Texas Center for Working-Class Studies

By renegadesouth on February 23, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

“The Free State of Jones: Class, Kinship, and Revolt in Civil War Era Mississippi”   Welcome to registration for the 4th annual Texas Center for Working-Class Studies Conference Thursday, March 22, 2018 […]

Noted Civil War Historian Dr. Victoria Bynum to Host Screening of The Free State of Jones

By renegadesouth on February 3, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

I’m excited to be heading to the University of Alabama on March 1, 2018, to discuss the movie, The Free State of Jones, as well as my book, The Free State of […]

Project MUSE – The Free State of Jones : A Roundtable

By renegadesouth on November 13, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Don’t miss this much needed discussion of THE FREE STATE of JONES!—Vikki Bynum, Renegade South.   The Free State of Jones A Roundtable The summer of 2016 saw the release of the […]

Landrums in Gray & Blue: Conflicting Loyalties in Piney Woods Mississippi (part 3)

By renegadesouth on November 1, 2017 • ( 14 Comments )

This is the third and final of Ed Payne’s three-part series on the Landrum family of Civil War Mississippi. To read Part 1: “The Gray,” click here. To read part 2: “The […]

Landrums in Gray & Blue: Conflicting Loyalties in Piney Woods Mississippi (part 2)

By renegadesouth on October 28, 2017 • ( 7 Comments )

This is the second of Ed Payne’s three-part series on the Landrum family of Civil War Mississippi. To read Part 1: “The Gray,” click here. —vb Part 2: The Blue   By […]

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