Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History

The price we paid : an anthology of the desegregation of Mississippi State College for Women ; those who dared, celebrating The W's pioneers / Mississippi University for Women ; [editor, Derek Webb].

Contributor(s): Webb, Derek Spencer | Mississippi University for Women.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [Columbus, Miss.] : Mississippi University for Women, [2016?]Description: viii, 101 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Mississippi University for Women -- Students -- History | Mississippi University for Women -- Students -- Personal narratives | Mississippi University for Women -- Students -- Poetry | Mississippi University for Women -- Students -- Fiction | Mississippi University for Women -- Students -- Art | College integration -- Mississippi -- 20th century -- History | Segregation -- Mississippi -- 20th century -- History
Contents:
Segregation. A history of desegregation at women's colleges / Jessica Thornhill -- Desegregating. 1966 ; Why the W? ; And they were scared! / E.A. Whittington ; An incident in Batesville, Mississippi, 1966 ; Charles P. Hogarth and arguments in silence / Quoc Nguyen ; A question of equality / Barbara Harris ; "HEW statement polled" -- Isolation. In their own words ; Poem / Deana Patterson ; Striking voice of the outsiders / Savannah Dupont -- Making their way. In their own words ; "Dirty" ; Poem / Donna Bridges ; Low expectations ; Poem / Sheila Dickens ; A report from Executive Vice President E.A. Knight, 1969 ; Founding the Corettas, 1968 ; Sisters true : integration through social club sisterhood: "Are there even any white girls in that club?" / Betsie MacLellan ; On the formation of a civil rights committee ; "Civil rights committee named" -- Anger. In their own words ; Look at me / Alicia Chandler ; Mara / Hayley Hampton ; A report from the Dean of Students, late 1972 -- Community reaction. The white community ; The black community ; My integration to Mississippi University for Women / Demyia Graham -- Support. In their own words ; "Society needs more dialogue than monologue" ; "Letters to the editor" -- Acceptance. In their own words ; Ode to freckles, or, being spotted is an honorable condition / Vera E. Schultz ; The line / Anonymous ; Not fittin' in / Quoc Nguyen -- Triumph. In their own words ; Chased by demons / Nikita Aangdembe Subba ; Summer, 2009, Friday morning assembly / Aman Khan ; Glory be / Kate Brown -- Remembering. In their own words.
Summary: "The following entries comprise an anthology of creative endeavor compiled in anticipation, and commemoration, of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Mississippi State College for Women (MSCW). Work in numerous genres and formats will be found here, including historical research, oral interview transcripts, news stories, administrative reports, creative nonfiction, poetry, and illustrations. Much of the recent work was created as part of the ongoing 'Integration Project, ' wherein faculty, staff, and students have worked since 2012 to uncover the history of desegregation at The W. Sixteen entries are new works crated by current students and faculty in spring of 2216; others were mined from previous decades of the Dilettanti literary journal published annually in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy; and still others are primary sources and oral histories discovered and crafted in history courses over the last several years."--Page 1.
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Archive Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
General Archival Reading Room 378.762MW/P946p/2016 Available 150221

Illustrations reproduce art that appeared in Dilettanti, the annual literary journal produced by the Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy.

Includes bibliographical references.

Segregation. A history of desegregation at women's colleges / Jessica Thornhill -- Desegregating. 1966 ; Why the W? ; And they were scared! / E.A. Whittington ; An incident in Batesville, Mississippi, 1966 ; Charles P. Hogarth and arguments in silence / Quoc Nguyen ; A question of equality / Barbara Harris ; "HEW statement polled" -- Isolation. In their own words ; Poem / Deana Patterson ; Striking voice of the outsiders / Savannah Dupont -- Making their way. In their own words ; "Dirty" ; Poem / Donna Bridges ; Low expectations ; Poem / Sheila Dickens ; A report from Executive Vice President E.A. Knight, 1969 ; Founding the Corettas, 1968 ; Sisters true : integration through social club sisterhood: "Are there even any white girls in that club?" / Betsie MacLellan ; On the formation of a civil rights committee ; "Civil rights committee named" -- Anger. In their own words ; Look at me / Alicia Chandler ; Mara / Hayley Hampton ; A report from the Dean of Students, late 1972 -- Community reaction. The white community ; The black community ; My integration to Mississippi University for Women / Demyia Graham -- Support. In their own words ; "Society needs more dialogue than monologue" ; "Letters to the editor" -- Acceptance. In their own words ; Ode to freckles, or, being spotted is an honorable condition / Vera E. Schultz ; The line / Anonymous ; Not fittin' in / Quoc Nguyen -- Triumph. In their own words ; Chased by demons / Nikita Aangdembe Subba ; Summer, 2009, Friday morning assembly / Aman Khan ; Glory be / Kate Brown -- Remembering. In their own words.

"The following entries comprise an anthology of creative endeavor compiled in anticipation, and commemoration, of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Mississippi State College for Women (MSCW). Work in numerous genres and formats will be found here, including historical research, oral interview transcripts, news stories, administrative reports, creative nonfiction, poetry, and illustrations. Much of the recent work was created as part of the ongoing 'Integration Project, ' wherein faculty, staff, and students have worked since 2012 to uncover the history of desegregation at The W. Sixteen entries are new works crated by current students and faculty in spring of 2216; others were mined from previous decades of the Dilettanti literary journal published annually in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy; and still others are primary sources and oral histories discovered and crafted in history courses over the last several years."--Page 1.