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Enlistment record for Countelow M. Bowles in the 38th Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops

Ciera Higginbotham currently teaches composition and creative writing at Mississippi State University and is a consultant at The Writing Center. She received her MFA in Poetry from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2020, after previously graduating…

Richard Christmas and family listed in the Freedmen's Bureau Register of Former Slaves. He is listed as the foreman on Calvit Roberts' Twin Oaks Plantation near Hazlehurst.

Dr. Christie Collins was born and raised in the American South. She has recently moved back to Mississippi after a decade away. She currently teaches courses in creative writing and literature at Mississippi State University. Prior to her return…

Child feeds two dairy calves

Cherraye Oats, a niece of Fannie Lou Hamer, with Oktibbeha County NAACP assistant chair Cathy Rodriguez and Oats' daughter at a table for the Dignity in Schools Campaign.

Cherraye Oats, niece of Fannie Lou Hamer, speaking at the "Tea Time Reflections: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Voting Struggle" event held by the Oktibbeha NAACP at Starkville's J. L. King Center.

State Representative Cheik Taylor speaking at the "Tea Time Reflections: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Voting Struggle" event held by the Oktibbeha NAACP at Starkville's J. L. King Center.