Black Mississippians in the Civil War

Welcome to this episode of Stacks and Stories, the podcast of the Mississippi Library Commission. On today’s episode, University of Southern Mississippi Associate Professor of History Max Grivno talks about Mississippi's African Americans during and directly after the Civil War, including their service in the federal army and their attendance in schools for formerly enslaved people. Please note that the following audio has been pulled from the MLC's Lunch Lecture “Black Mississippians in the Civil War” video that was posted to the MS Library Commission YouTube on June 19, 2020 and has been edited to better fit the podcast format. So, stay tuned.  

Watch the original chat, originally released on June 19, 2020, on the Mississippi Library Commission’s YouTube Channel at https://youtu.be/i2vOvooF3-I.