Civil War 150 Lecture Series - 'Is This Freedom?' Harriet Jacobs and Black Cont

The University Libraries at the University of Southern Mississippi will sponsor the second of five talks relating to the American Civil War on Monday, September 9, 2013 from 6-7 at the Cook Library Art Gallery.

Dr. Sherita Johnson, associate professor of English and interim director of the Center for Black Studies, will present, ‘Is This Freedom?’: Harriet Jacobs and Black Contraband in Washington, D.C. During the Civil War.”

The lectures are made possible by a grant from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, The Library of America, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information about this talk or the lecture series, contact Jennifer Brannock at Jennifer.Brannock@usm.edu or 601.266.4347.