The Politics of the Middle
Tim Rives, Deputy Director, Eisenhower Presidential Library
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Museums/Exhibits
- Memory
Abstract
The panel will discuss the “politics of the middle.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower is a representative figure. Read More
Interpreting the Layers of Indian Removal
Savannah Grandey, Director of Interpretation, Historic Westville
Proposal Type
Pecha Kucha
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Museums/Exhibits
- Oral History
- Place
- Memory
Abstract
“Indian Removal” as articulated by Andrew Jackson and comrades was a monumental idea and federal policy that irrevocably shaped the southeastern United States. Read More
From Davis Bend to Mound Bayou
Sade Turnipseed, Executive Director / History Professor, Khafre, Inc / MVSU
Proposal Type
Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Material Culture
- Place
- Memory
Abstract
By studying the cotton plantation system of the Old South and operations owned by Joseph and Jefferson Davis, juxtaposed t o the self-determined agency of Benjamin Montgomery, and how Davis Bend became what was considered an “imagined community” in the historical township of Mound Bayou. Read More