Episode Five: Don’t Cry (Warrior Song)
National Book Award-winner Sarah M. Broom In Conversation about her memoir The Yellow House. Also: two stories of desegregation—one in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and one in Little Rock, Arkansas—help us confront how we remember our past. In this installment of The Prologue, authors Jerry Mitchell and William Sturkey, along with members of the Southern Miss community, discuss the legacy of Clyde Kennard, the first African American to attempt the desegregation of then-Mississippi Southern College. Later, a special performance from No Tears Suite, a jazz composition commissioned by the OA to commemorate the Central High Crisis.
Points South · Sarah M. Broom, Riva Brown, Sherita L. Johnson, Sara A. Lewis, Jerry Mitchell, Bill Huntington, Marc Franklin, Chris Parker, William Sturkey, Chad Fowler, Kelley Hurt, Bobby LaVell, Bobby Blade
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Show Notes
THE PROLOGUE
The story of Clyde Kennard, the first person to attempt desegregation at the University of Southern Mississippi.
IN CONVERSATION
Sarah M. Broom, National Book Award-winning author of The Yellow House
IN SESSION
A performance from the No Tears Suite, an original jazz composition commissioned by the OA to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the desegregation crisis at Little Rock’s Central High School.
Featuring Kelley Hurt, Chris Parker, Brian Blade, Bill Huntington, Bobby LaVell, Marc Franklin, and Chad Fowler.