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Local demands Confederate statue on the Square be relocated amid campus statue debate

Effie Burt, notable Oxford musician and member of the progressive group Wise Women, called for Lafayette County at Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting to move the Confederate monument from outside the courthouse

March 5, 2019

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Black History Month keynote speakers look to history, address weekend protests

Tim Wise and Joy Degruy, both prominent researchers and scholars on race, delivered the University of Mississippi’s Black History Month Keynote Address and highlighted how to address racial problems of the past,

February 26, 2019

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Gallery: Students march in protest of Confederate statue on campus

“Black Lives Matter.” “Take it Down.” “A Change Gonna Come.” These phrases plastered on signs and other written calls to action were the only words present during a silent Black History Month

February 22, 2019

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Playlist of the week: Love songs

With Valentine’s Day on Thursday, this seems like the perfect week to make a list of love songs. However, I want this list to be a little different. While all of the

February 12, 2019

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Black History month opening ceremony

Marcia Cole addressed a crowded audience on Thursday night during the university’s opening ceremony for Black History Month, and stressed the continued importance of demanding justice and condemning discrimination in order to

February 1, 2019

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