Mississippi Moments Podcast

Lou Mallory of Natchez grew up on a small farm in the Red Hills of Georgia.  In the episode, she recalls how the family ... Read more

Leakesville native, Dr. John Allums was teaching at the University of Georgia in 1951 when the Korean War began. He rec... Read more

Helen Rayne grew up living in her grandfather’s antebellum home in Natchez during the Great Depression. In this episode,... Read more

After attempting to register to vote, Fannie Lou Hamer was forced to leave the plantation where she had lived and worked... Read more

Tom Brumfield and M.R. Reeves of McComb began working for the railroad in 1941. They explain how their family and frien... Read more

On August 7, 1975, LeGrand Capers sat down with the Center for Oral History for the first part of a two-day interview. A... Read more

During WWII, a key component of the Allied strategy to defeat the Axis powers in Europe was a sustained aerial bombing c... Read more

The Illinois Central railroad and eight affiliated Harriman lines had traditionally dealt separately with each craft uni... Read more

Fred Clark, Sr. grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1950s and 60s. In this episode, the first of two parts, he r... Read more

In 1964, as SNCC coordinators trained volunteers for the Mississippi Freedom Summer project, three others, Chaney, Schwe... Read more

Jerry Mitchell was working as a reporter for the Clarion Ledger when he attended a press premier for Mississippi Burning... Read more

Chinese American, Professor John P Quon grew up living in the back of his family’s store in Moorhead, Mississippi. In th... Read more

When the United States entered WWII, A.J. Jones of Hattiesburg decided to become a Navy fighter pilot. In this episode, ... Read more

Growing up in the Delta, Gail Goldberg celebrated all the traditional Jewish holidays with her family. In this episode, ... Read more

Edmond Boudreaux’s family came to Biloxi in 1914 to work in the seafood factories. In this episode, he shares his family... Read more

Jackie Hancock Schulze grew up in Natchez during the 1930s and 40s, in the house built by her great-grandfather, Natchez... Read more

Clara Watson has many pleasant memories of growing up in Biloxi during the 1940s. The status quo nature of segregation s... Read more

In this episode, we hear from Jobie Martin, a Jackson broadcasting pioneer who broke through the racial barriers of the ... Read more

Former Governor William Winter was first elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1947. In this episode, h... Read more

Fifty years ago this week, Hurricane Camille left a wide path of destruction across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  Dr. Hen... Read more