UPDATE, MAY 23, 2016: Buy the latest edition of The Free State of Jones HERE. Likewise, the new audio version may be purchased HERE. If you prefer to read an abbreviated […]
Where to find the History of the “Free State of Jones”
Newt Knight’s Home as Remembered by Maxwell Coats, 1987
A copy of this beautiful painting of Newt Knight’s farm was provided to me through the efforts of Charlene Morehead and Mitchell Coats. Maxwell “Mac” Coats, Mitchell’s father, painted it from […]
The Movie “Free State of Jones” is on the way!
By Vikki Bynum Deadline.com and Variety Magazine have announced that the long anticipated movie “Free State of Jones” is in the works—just eight years after Universal Studios bought the rights to my book from the […]
Actor Daniele Watts Discovers her Roots in the Free State of Jones
While perusing the Internet, I recently discovered the following 2012 essay by Daniele Watts, whose name I recognized as the actor who played the slave Coco in the movie Django Unchained. I […]
David Woodbury: Talking About History: Historians Discuss the Civil War
By Vikki Bynum For a number of years, David Woodbury conducted online Q & A interviews with Civil War historians for his CompuServe Civil War Forum. When he contacted me in 2001 […]
The Family Origins of Vernon Dahmer, Civil Rights Activist
Originally posted on Renegade South:
Note from Renegade South: Vernon F. Dahmer, a well known Mississippi civil rights worker, was murdered in 1966 by white supremacists connected to the Ku Klux Klan.…
Newt Knight, the story goes on forever, continued: Southern Unionism Under Scrutiny
The following is Ed Payne’s third and final essay regarding the newly-rediscovered 1880 pension claim of Newt Knight, leader of the Knight Company of “Free State of Jones” fame. Here, Ed takes […]
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