Our third MFP reflection piece was contributed by Angelica McGee. Click here to access it.
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Our second MFP reflection piece was contributed by Ronan Hart. Click here to access it.
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Our first MFP reflection piece was contributed by Lauren King. Click here to access it.
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SPOHP’s 15th annual Mississippi Freedom Project Fieldwork Trip provided 15 UF students with the opportunity to travel to Holly Springs and Glendora, Mississippi, and Elaine, Arkansas. Our students composed reflection pieces which we will feature on our social media platforms ahead of our MFP Town Hall in September 2022. Stay tuned!
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This year is our 14th annual Mississippi Freedom Project trip where we travel through the Delta region which is the heart of the modern Civil Rights Movement. On this trip, we will continue to help document the legacies of the 1919 Elaine Massacre in Phillips County, Arkansas under the direction of the Elaine Legacy Center […]
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Check out these reflections our students wrote just after their successful and exciting trips doing oral history fieldwork in the Mississippi Delta as part of our Mississippi Freedom Project! The Mississippi Freedom Project (MFP) is an award-winning archive of 200+ oral history interviews conducted with veterans of the civil rights movement and notable residents of […]
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Marcela Murillo and Chad Chavira participated in our 10th Annual Mississippi Freedom Project trip last month. Check out their op-ed, “Effects of Till’s Murder Still Felt Today,” through which they reflect on their experiences in the Mississippi Delta. Co-writing credits to UF students Nicole Yapp and Toni-Lee Maitland: Marcela Murillo and Chad Chavira: Effects of […]
Last fall, the OHA granted the award to the mini-grant partnership between SPOHP and George A. Smathers Libraries for the “Freedom Summer Oral History and Library Curation Project” in 2013-2014.
Taylor wrote for the Summer/Fall 2015 Oral History Review, drawing from the Mississippi Freedom Project to discuss the preservation, commemoration, and rebirth of Mississippi’s Civil Rights Sites.
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Margaret Stroud Block, long time civil rights activist, passed away June 20 in Cleveland, Mississippi, where she was born and raised. She lectured at universities and organizations throughout the U.S., particularly in the eastern part of the country, on civil rights and current education policies.
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Read about coverage in the Natchez Democrat of SPOHP’s recent Mississippi Freedom Project trip, including the “Unfinished Business, Race, Democracy, and the Ongoing Struggle for Civil Rights” panel with AAHP graduate coordinators.
Ms. Margaret Block passed away in June 2015. Join the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program in sharing memories of her life and legacy.
Civil Rights Teaching, a project of Teaching for Change, highlighted the MFP publication released last year for the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer.
Brittany Hibbert, trip alum and soon-to-be UF grad, featured last year’s Mississippi Freedom Project research trip celebrating the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer through Gator Treks with the University of Florida Alumni Association!
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The article features a collection guide of interviewees and topics, with links to digital media resources and more.
To commemorate the life and work of civil rights movement veteran John Due and his family, SPOHP compiled this volume in honor of his 80th birthday. Click to read.
Join SPOHP, the UF African American Studies Program, and the UF Religion Dept. for a screening of the documentary “Freedom Summer” and a panel of scholars and activists reflecting on its legacy.
“UF students travel to interview veterans of 1964 Freedom Summer,” by Jeff Schweers, The Gainesville Sun, June 27, 2014. The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program returned to the Mississippi Delta and traveled to Natchez for the 50th anniversary reunion of Freedom Summer with the Sunflower County Civil Rights Organization June 23-29, 2014. Students and staff conducted 35+ […]
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“Mississippi Summer of 1964: A Santa Clara County judge recalls voting rights struggle,” San Jose Mercury News, by Len Edwards, June 19, 2014. In the summer of 1964, Len Edwards, then a law student at the University of Chicago, traveled to Mississippi to participate in voter registration efforts in the Delta area. He lived in Ruleville next […]
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Read and share the volume, now available for reunion celebrations of Freedom Summer 2014. Edited by MFP Coordinator Sarah Blanc.
Oral history interviews in the Mississippi Freedom Project archive are being processed through a mini-grant from George A. Smathers Libraries. (Image from CRMVet.org.)
Gainesville, FL— On January 22, 2014, George A. Smathers Libraries and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program will release the first round in a series of oral history interviews with civil rights veterans of the Mississippi freedom movement for UF’s week of celebration surrounding Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The collection, “The Mississippi Freedom Project,” […]
Join SPOHP’ers sharing oral histories from veterans of the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta, December 4 at the CMC at 6:00 p.m.
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From October 9-13, the Oral History Association hosted its 47th annual conference in Oklahoma City, OK. The conference featured presentations from researchers from around the world, including members of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, Dr. Paul Ortiz, Joanna Joseph, and Graduate Coordinators Jessica Taylor, Justin Dunnavant, and Ryan Morini. Justin Dunnavant The Oral History conference gave […]
“UF Oral History Program Digs Deep in the Delta” from the Groundswell Blog, October 4, 2013. Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change is a dynamic, active network of oral historians, activists, cultural workers, community organizers, and documentary artists who are using oral history and narrative in creative, effective and ethical ways to support movement building […]
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Gainesville, FL—During the week of September 17 through September 22, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) at UF will return to the Mississippi Delta to continue research on the civil rights movement in Mississippi with veteran civil rights activists and leading scholars of the Mississippi campaign for equal rights. SPOHP will bring a research […]
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Gainesville, FL, August 15, 2013—George A. Smathers Libraries approved a mini-grant proposal to transcribe the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP)’s Mississippi Freedom Project collection. The collection features in-depth oral history interviews with leaders and activists involved in the civil rights movement in Mississippi. The completion of this project is timed to coincide with the […]
Tananarive Due, daughter of civil rights activists Patricia Stephens Due and John Due, remembers the March on Washington from her parents’ stories. USA Today interviewed Tananarive about the event on August 19. Patricia Stephens Due, together with her husband John Due, presented a public program “An Evening with the Dues: Pioneers in the Civil Rights […]
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