Livestream

Countdown

Schedule

All events held at Millsaps College and livestreamed.

Location : The James and Madeleine McMullan Lecture Hall, Room 122 of the Richard and Selby McRae Christian Center (building 26 on this campus map).

  • 9:00am

    Welcome and Opening Remarks

    Myrlie Evers (virtual), Reena Evers-Everette, and Jerry Mitchell

  • 9:10am

    Erasing Stories

    Rick Bragg (virtual) interviewed by Marshall Ramsey

  • 10:30am

    Erasing Truth

    Julie K. Brown, Gilbert King, Anna Wolfe, moderated by Cheryl W. Thompson

  • 12:00pm

    Lunch

    Erasing LGBTQ Books: Why It Happens and How It Hurts

    Sponsored by Mississippi ACLU

  • 1:00pm

    Erasing Black Lives

    Angie Thomas (virtual) interviewed by Ebony Lumumba

  • 2:30pm

    Erasing History

    Ko Bragg, Daphne Chamberlain, Stephanie Rolph, Jay Wesley, moderated by Alan Huffman

  • 3:45pm

    Book-Banning as Dismemberment

    Julia Wright (virtual)

  • 4:00pm

    Erasing Memory

    Kiese Laymon and Jesmyn Ward (virtual) interviewed by W. Ralph Eubanks

Speakers

Alan Huffman

Alan Huffman

Author

Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas

Author

Anna Wolfe

Anna Wolfe

Investigative Reporter

Cheryl W. Thompson

Cheryl W. Thompson

Investigative Reporter

Ebony Lumumba

Ebony Lumumba

Scholar

Gilbert King

Gilbert King

Author and Podcaster

Jay Wesley

Jay Wesley

Scholar

Jerry Mitchell

Jerry Mitchell

Investigative Reporter

Jesmyn Ward

Jesmyn Ward

Author

Julie Brown

Julie Brown

Investigative Reporter

Kiese Laymon

Kiese Laymon

Author

Ko Bragg

Ko Bragg

Author

Marshall Ramsey

Marshall Ramsey

Cartoonist

Reena Evers

Reena Evers

Scholar

Rick Bragg

Rick Bragg

Author

Stephanie Rolph

Stephanie Rolph

Scholar

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