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  The Historic Bay Springs School: A Service-Learning Project

  Sherita Johnson, Sruthi Shanmukhi Abrapudi, Damini Bedi, and Jaylin Jones

  Project Goal: To collect information and archive some history about the Bay Springs school as a surviving Rosenwald school and important cultural heritage site in South Mississippi. Participants worked collaboratively to achieve the project’s goals:

  • Catalog and store archival materials relating to the history of the Bay Springs School
  • Conduct oral histories to contextualize archival materials and the cultural heritage site
  • Collaborate with USM archivists for the permanent preservation of archival materials

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  The Unheard Word (Final Edition)

  Center for Black Studies

  The Unheard WORD was a publication of Ujima Inc., a nonprofit organization in association with Begin to Lift and Arouse Consciousness and Knowledge of Self (BLACKS), a group of University of Southern Mississippi students who were dedicated to the intellectual development, cultural enrichment and moral enhancement of themselves and humankind.

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  The Unheard Word (First Edition)

  Center for Black Studies

  The Unheard Word brought recognition to the achievements of Black USM faculty members, staff and students; published the work of Black writers and artists; profiled Black businesses and organizations; and challenged status quo thought about race and cultural hegemony.