The Historic Bay Springs School: A Service-Learning Project

Authors

Sherita Johnson, University of Southern Mississippi
Sruthi Shanmukhi Abrapudi, University of Southern Mississippi
Damini Bedi, University of Southern Mississippi
Jaylin Jones, University of Southern Mississippi

Files

Description

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

Publication Date

2024

Comments

To use the research included in this project, please contact Dr. Sherita Johnson at slj5603@psu.edu.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Sherita; Shanmukhi Abrapudi, Sruthi; Bedi, Damini; and Jones, Jaylin, "The Historic Bay Springs School: A Service-Learning Project" (2024). Black Studies Publications. 3.
https://aquila.usm.edu/black_studies_publications/3