Mississippi Moments Podcast

Mississippi Moments, a weekly radio program airing on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, is a partnership between the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage, the Mississippi Humanities Council, and MPB.

The Podcasts

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 30 James Meredith Reflections from Fred Clark, William Joel Blass, and James Meredith himself on testing the laws of integration at Ole Miss in 1962. Direct download: 30-James_Meredith.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:03pm CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 21 School Desegregation Reuben Anderson and Ernestine Talbert recall the resistance to school integration in the early 1970s and the challenges it posed for African American students. Direct download: 21-School_Desegregation.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:03pm CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 17 Prohibition Jimmy Swan, J.P. Coleman, and Thomas McNeese reminisce about Mississippi's prohibition days. Direct download: 17-Prohibition.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:43pm CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 82 Civil rights activist Medgar Evers Charles Evers, Aaron Henry, and Claude Ramsey remember the courageous life and tragic death of Medgar Evers, first field secretary of the Mississippi NAACP.  Direct download: MS_Moments_82.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:32pm CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 79 Freedom Summer Rims Barber, R. Jess Brown, and Aaron Henry recall the Freedom Summer volunteer effort in 1964 to assist African Americans in registering to vote. Direct download: MS_Moments_79.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:21pm CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 15 World War I Veterans Henry Eason, Jesse Broadus, and Julian Feibelman recall the meager training, gas attacks, and novelty of Europe in the First World War. Direct download: 15-World_War_I.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:29am CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 125 World War II Pacific Theater Veterans Julius Chambliss, George Thornton, and Samuel Abbott describe the challenges and horrors of fighting Japanese forces in the Pacific. Direct download: MS_Moments_125.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:14am CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 86 Vietnam War Vietnam veterans Richard Murchison, John Young, and Thomas Collins III relate their impressions of war as young soldiers in a far away place. (photo of Sergeant John Young in Vietnam, 1967 - on left) Direct download: MS_Moments_86.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:52am CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 126 World War II European Theater World War II veterans William Pace, Patrick Carr, and Gen. Elmo Bell each recall personal experiences of the war, from the Normandy invasion to the Battle of the Bulge. Direct download: MS_Moments_126.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:23am CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 94 Blues Music Mississippi musicians Wakefield "Big Moody" Coney, Sam Chapman, and Melvin Stacks share their feelings about the blues. (photo of Big Moody Coney) Direct download: MS_Moments_94.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:02am CDT

Thu, 26 March 2009 MS Moments 28 Pascagoula UFO Abduction Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker describe their encounter with a UFO while they were fishing near the Pascagoula River in 1973. Direct download: 28-Pascagoula_UFO_Abductions.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:12am CDT