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Black Power at Ole Miss Task Force
University of Mississippi

The task force is composed of current University of Mississippi faculty, staff, and students, as well as some of the students who participated in the “Fulton Chapel Protest” and their family members.

NamePositionSubcommittee
Shawnboda MeadInterim Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Community EngagementReparations
(chair)
Don ColeOle Miss 8 Alum, Assistant Provost Emeritus, and Associate Professor Emeritus of MathematicsOutreach/Engagement
(chair)
Kathryn McKeeMcMullan Professor of Southern Studies, Professor of English, and Director of the Center for the Study of Southern CultureHistorical Documentation
(chair)
Linnie Liggins WillisOle Miss 8 AlumReparations
Vickie Roberts RatliffSister of Ole Miss 8 AlumOutreach/Engagement
Joshua ManneryASB PresidentReparations
Brittany BrownGraduate Student in the Center for the Study of Southern CultureReparations
Jasmine StansberryGraduate Student in HistoryHistorical Documentation
Afton ThomasAssociate Director for Programs, Center for the Study of Southern CultureReparations
Anthony HeavenAssociate Director of Development, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors CollegeOutreach/Engagement
Anthony SiracusaDirector of Community Engagement, Division of Diversity and OutreachOutreach/Engagement
Deetra WileyBusiness Applications & ERP Support Applications Analyst and Vice President, Staff CouncilOutreach/Engagement
Nicolas CrastaPresident, University of Mississippi Black Student UnionOutreach/Engagement
Anne TwittyAssociate Professor of HistoryHistorical Documentation
Ralph EubanksVisiting Professor of Southern Studies, English, and HonorsHistorical Documentation
Ethel ScurlockAssociate Professor of English and African American Studies, Director of African American Studies, and Senior Fellow of Luckyday Residential CollegeHistorical Documentation
Shennette Garrett-ScottAssociate Professor of History and African American StudiesHistorical Documentation
Jeff JacksonProfessor of Sociology and Chair of Anthropology and SociologyReparations