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Soulful Sounds

Library: 'Blues Music & the Ongoing Pursuit for Justice' offered in partnership with the Oxford Blues Festival. It's free & open to the public.

Thu
12
Oct
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Oct. 12, 2023
J.D. Williams Library, Oxford Campus, Faulkner Room (318 A)
Open to the public

Soulful Sounds: Blues Music and the Ongoing Pursuit for Justice

Soulful Sounds: Blues Music and the Ongoing Pursuit for Justice

This event is offered in partnership with the Oxford Blues Festival. This is a free event, open to the public.

Join panelists Brenda Luckett & Al White in a discussion about blues and Civil Rights.

Brenda Luckett is from Clarksdale, MS. She was born into the blues and Civil Rights Movement. Her father was a charter member of the the local NAACP and her mother the secretary for 30 years for the organization. She is the Goddaughter to Aaron Henry.

She is a board member of the Fuller Foundation and the Griot, an after school mentorship program for youth. She is also a retired school teacher. She started taking her students on historical tours of Clarksdale because a lot of her students didn’t know much history of the blues and Civil Rights legends from their own community.

Al White is an activist and a lifelong promoter of blues music.  He is the founder and organizer of the Duckhill Blues Festival.  He is currently the Mayor of Duckhill, MS.

Related LibGuide: Blues (Archives) by Greg Johnson

For assistance related to a disability, contact Greg Johnson: gj1@olemiss.edu |

Event posted by: ebatte@olemiss.edu