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In the letter “The Nervous System that Connects the Voluntary Muscles with the Brain,” author Charles Bell shows how the human nervous system can be stimulated by electricity in order to produce movement and “humanlike” activity, which is applied to…

Signature of Monroe Bell from an 1873 Freedmen's Bureau document

This photo portrays hundreds and rocks lined up in a row with each row increasing in height off the ground. Bennett’s Vibrant Matter encourages us to consider the agency of nonhuman actors, such as, tissues, organisms, and synthetic materials, in…

Proffesional Photograph of Jesmyn Ward

A large-scale collage reflecting on cross-cultural connections and global migration, inspired by Colombian folklore and the Kogi people's concept of aluna (spiritual consciousness).

Political cartoon published in the Washington Post in 1902. Artist: Clifford Berryman

In this newspaper article, Minor interviewed Afro-American Plus club president, Roy Pearson. Pearson described the club as a vehicle to improve African-American student life at Mississippi State by establishing connections with students of all races…

In this newspaper article, Robert Bell recounts his time and experiences as one of the two first African American football players at Mississippi State University. He explains how the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization helped acclimate him…