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Mississippi Historical Society

  • The Inn at Ole Miss, University of Mississippi 120 Alumni Drive University, MS, 38677 United States (map)

Black Power was a broad, heterogeneous phenomenon that appealed to a multi-hued chorus of activists in the African American community, including the 89 students who were arrested at the University of Mississippi in 1970. In this keynote address for the Mississippi Historical Society, author W. Ralph Eubanks will discuss the significance of the 1970 Black Power protest at the University of Mississippi and how student arrests related to the 27 demands of the university’s Black students represents one of the last stands of massive resistance to integration and Black equality..