{"id":76242,"date":"2018-03-26T16:08:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=76242"},"modified":"2018-03-26T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:08:29","slug":"overby-center-host-conversation-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/overby-center-host-conversation-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Overby Center to Host ‘A Conversation About Race’"},"content":{"rendered":"

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 As the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics<\/a> at the University of Mississippi is hosting a discussion of race in America, featuring two authorities on the subject.<\/p>\n

Gene Dattel, author of “Reckoning with Race: America’s Failure,” and Otis Sanford, who wrote “From Boss Crump to King Willie: How Race Changed Memphis Politics,” will conduct “A Conversation About Race” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (March 28) in the Overby Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n

The event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the lot outside the auditorium, and a reception follows the program.<\/p>\n

“These two native Mississippians know about race naturally,” said Curtis Wilkie, Cook Chair and associate professor of journalism. “We look forward to having both of them back at the Overby Center.”<\/p>\n

A native of Ruleville who lives in New York, Dattel appeared previously at the Overby Center in connection with his 2009 book, “Cotton and Race in the Making of America.” Mississippian Morgan Freeman said, “Gene Dattel’s book masterfully captures America’s history and its painful legacy.”<\/p>\n

After receiving a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University and a law degree from Vanderbilt University, he went to work in international finance. Dattel soon developed a reputation for his energetic exploration of racial problems in this country.<\/p>\n

Sanford grew up near Como and graduated from UM in 1975. A frequent guest at the Overby Center, he had a distinguished career in journalism before joining the faculty at the University of Memphis, where he holds the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Economic and Managerial Journalism.<\/p>\n

A former managing editor of the Commercial Appeal, Sanford still writes a Sunday column for the newspaper. His extensive coverage of race in Memphis led to the publication of his book in 2017.<\/p>\n

In its review, the Memphis Flyer praised Sanford for his “accuracy and grace” and called his work “a textbook case of how to handle the black and white realities of Memphis’s political evolution with appropriate shadings of gray.”<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Curtis Wilkie at 662-915-1787.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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