Freeing the Power of the Individual
Department of History

Curtis Austin

Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Black Studies
PhD, Mississippi State, 1998

Liberal Arts Building
601-266-6973
curtis.j.austin@usm.edu

Curtis Austin's book about the Black Panther Party was published in 2006 by the University of Arkansas Press. Dr. Austin has also created an interactive CD-ROM, entitled “Ordinary People Living Extraordinary Lives: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.” The CD can be accessed on-line at http://www.usm.edu/crdp/html/cd/start.htm.

In recognition of his growing reputation as a scholar of the black freedom movement, Professor Austin was invited to attend the Association of Third World Studies’ annual meeting in Taiwan in December 2002. In addition to directing the Center for Black Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi, conducting his research, and teaching classes in both Hattiesburg and Jamaica, Dr. Austin also serves as faculty advisor for two Southern Miss student organizations: the Black Graduate Student Organization and Omega Psi Phi.

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Department of History
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601.266.4333 • history@usm.edu