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Center for Black Studies

Center for Black Studies

Southern Miss was desegregated in 1965 when Raylawni Branch and Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong became the first African American students enrolled at the University. More than fifty years of progress is evident in the wide-ranging programming, research, teaching, and service activities organized and supported by the Center for Black Studies.

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Student Spotlight


Photo of Alyssa Bass

Journalist Alumna Takes on History to Tell Stories of Black People 

For Alyssa Bass, ’20, Black Studies emphasized the importance of learning history, framing Black people as change agents, and recognizing everyone in the African Diaspora.

Read Alyssa's Q&A

 

Public Forums

Since its establishment in 2005, the Center for Black Studies has sponsored programs featuring scholars, creative artists, and community activists as guest lecturers on wide-ranging topics relevant to the study of Black people and race relations in general.

In the wake of the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, the Centers for Black Studies and for the Study of the Gulf South co-sponsored online panel discussions to bolster social justice activism on campus, in the wider Hattiesburg community and throughout the state. Most recent forums include:

Activism at USM

RIGHTS AND RACISM:
A PANEL DISCUSS 

Activism at USM 2

SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: HOW TO GET INVOLVED

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Center for Black Studies

118 College Dr. Box #5037
Hattiesburg, MS 39406

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blackstudiesFREEMississippi

Phone
601.266.4068

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