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Southern Miss Experts on Current Events - Passing
of King’s Widow
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Date 2/2/03 |
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These tip sheets highlight Southern Miss faculty members who can
provide expert commentary on current news and events. For more
information or for assistance in arranging interviews, contact
the Department of Marketing and Public Relations at
601.266.4491.
Passing of King’s Widow ‘Loss to Human Rights Movement,’ Says
Historian
HATTIESBURG - Dr. Curtis Austin, co-director of the Center for Oral
History and Cultural Heritage and assistant professor of history at
the University of Southern Mississippi, calls the passing of Coretta
Scott King a loss to the human rights movement.
As a partner with her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, during the
Civil Rights Movement who maintained his legacy, Coretta Scott King
is also credited by Austin due to her efficiency of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
“Her leadership in both the Civil Rights Movement and Women’s
Liberation Movement will be nearly impossible to replace as she
brought name recognition and know-how to both movements,” he
commented. “Mrs. King was an advocate of human rights.”
Austin has a growing reputation as a scholar of the black freedom
movement. His book about the Black Panther Party will be published
in 2006 by the University of Arkansas Press. He also has created an
interactive CD-ROM, titled Ordinary People Living Extraordinary
Lives: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
For more information, call Angela Kilcrease of the Southern Miss
College of Arts and Letters at 601.266.4988.
Last updated:
02/03/06
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