Category: lillian e smith

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+ anne moody, civil rights, coming of age in mississippi, lillian e smith, martin luther king, jr

Have We Experienced Progress? “I really WONDER”

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Anne Moody ends Coming of Age in Mississippi on 1964 as she and a group of activists head to Washington D.C. to participate in a hearing about the Council of Federated Organization’s (COFO) work in Mississippi to register African Americans to vote. By this point, as Moody puts it, she had experienced both personal and national violence: “the Taplin burning, the Birmingham Church bombing, Medgar Evers’ murder, the … Read More Have We Experienced Progress? “I really WONDER”

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+ angela davis, anne moody, civil rights, lillian e smith, pauli murray, syllabus

Women In the Civil Rights Movement Memoir Syllabus

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Over the past few years, I have thought about various iterations of a Civil Rights memoir course. One example of this is the “Civil Rights Memoir” syllabus I posted about a year ago. Each of these syllabi seek to move students beyond thinking about the movement merely in relation to the “nine-word problem.” As I thought about this course more, I decided to focus it on … Read More Women In the Civil Rights Movement Memoir Syllabus

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+ american history, civil rights, history, lillian e smith, paula snelling, screamer mountain

The Presence of the Past on Screamer Mountain

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“Darling, phone call for you.” “I’m so tired. Can you take a message?” “It’s Martin. He wants to know if you got the card he sent last week.” “I’ll be right there. . . . Martin, it’s so good to hear your voice. How are Coretta and the kids? . . .” Every time I go up to the Lillian E. Smith Center, I think … Read More The Presence of the Past on Screamer Mountain

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+ death, history, lillian e smith, tribute

A Tribute to Bill

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A few weeks ago, the Lillian E. Smith Center lost Bill Watts, an important member of our community. Here is a tribute I wrote about Bill. The Lillian E. Smith Center on Screamer Mountain is a spiritual space. It’s a patch of land with a history deeply connected with the Civil Rights Movement. It’s a space of community and bonding, a space where humanity … Read More A Tribute to Bill

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+ american history, education, history, lillian e smith, martin luther king, jr, pauli murray, Pedagogy, professional development

“The Civil Rights Movement and the Nine-Word Problem” Professional Development Opportunity

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As she prepared to close Laurel Fall Camp for Girls, a camp she ran from 1925–1948, Lillian Smith wrote, “I hope that the idea of Laurel Falls will not die. I want to believe that we have started a chain reaction of dreams that will go on touching child after child in our South.” The Lillian E. Smith Center’s programs, specifically its annual P-12 … Read More “The Civil Rights Movement and the Nine-Word Problem” Professional Development Opportunity

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