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Clyde Kennard Lecture

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2025 Lecture: Dr. Imani Perry

Born just nine years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, MacArthur 鈥淕enius Grant鈥� Fellow Imani Perry was instilled from an early age with a strong instinct for justice and progressive change. Perry鈥檚 work reflects the deeply complex history of Black thought, art, and imagination. Her latest book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, is a surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue and its fascinating role in Black history and culture from indigo to Louis Armstrong and beyond. Perry鈥檚 writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, and Harper鈥檚, among other publications. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from Harvard University, a JD from Harvard Law School, an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center, and a BA from Yale College in Literature and American Studies.

Schedule of Events Tuesday, October 14, 5:30 p.m.  Reception 5:30 p.m. Thad Cochran Center Ballroom  121 W. Memorial Drive/Hattiesburg, MS 39406 Lecture 6:30鈥�7:30 p.m. Thad Cochran Center Ballroom  121 W. Memorial Drive/Hattiesburg, MS 39406 Book Signing 7:30鈥�8 p.m. Thad Cochran Center, Ballroom  121 W. Memorial Drive/Hattiesburg, MS 39406 Wednesday, October 15th  Author鈥檚 Chat Session, TBA  Historic Eureka School  410 E 6th Street / Hattiesburg, MS 39401

The Clyde Kennard Lecture Series

Clyde Kennard was the first African American to attempt enrollment at the segregated Mississippi Southern College in the 1950s (this institution, later becoming The University of Southern Mississippi, was integrated in 1965).

In honor of its namesake, the lecture will commemorate Clyde Kennard鈥檚 experience as an unsung civil rights activist, who sparked progressive changes in the movement for racial integration of higher education throughout Mississippi and the nation at-large. Key goals for the lecture:  

• Examine educational equity for underrepresented minorities in higher education and in P-12 schools 
• Present interdisciplinary studies about the experiences of Black people
• Promote campus and community partnerships to create sustainable and equitable relations  

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To donate funds to support the Clyde Kennard Lecture as an annual event, please use the link below.

Funds are deposited with the 欧博娱乐城 Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, which serves as a fiduciary of all private funds donated to Southern Miss. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent of current IRS regulations.

Sponsors

Special thanks to:

University Forum; College of Arts and Sciences; College of Nursing and Health Professions; School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development; School of Social Science and Global Studies; School of Humanities; Evelyn Gandy Center for Women and Leadership 

Questions?

Please contact Dr.%20Vickie%20Reed, Center for Black Studies.