Moses Way Down Mississippi-land: A Tribute in Jackson to an Advocate for Civil Rights and Math Education

Some historians of the civil rights movement think Bob Moses, who died in July 2021, was as influential as Martin Luther King Jr., if not more so.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellNovember 23, 2021Bennie Thompson, Bob Moses, civil rights movement, Activitst, Algebra Project, Tougaloo College, HBCU, Joan Trumphauer, Freedom Summer, 3 civil rights workers, KKK, James Meredith, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Emmett Till, Young People's Project

Another Cold War: Documenting America’s Cold Civil War

Last week, I mentioned French journalist Paul Guilhard’s last dispatch before he was killed at Ole Miss in the fall 1962 riots over James Meredith’s admission to the university.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellJanuary 12, 2021University of Mississippi, James Meredith, Philippe Guihard, Connor Towne O'Neill, Barbara J. Fields, America's cold civil war, confederate monuments, white supremacy, Nathan Bedford Forest

The Art of War: Has the Time Come for Johnny Reb to Stand Down?

While covering the 1962 riots at the University of Mississippi over James Meredith’s enrollment, Philippe Guihard, a warm, friendly French journalist, became the only reporter killed during the civil rights era.