Keke Rockette
December 6, 2010
Mississippi Truth Project
The William Winter Institution of Racial Reconciliation has a new oral historian who is helping with the new Mississippi Truth Project.
Rhondalyn Peairs is an Oxford native, oral historian who has been brought in to help with the William Winter Institution of Racial Reconciliation’s Mississippi Truth Project. The Mississippi Truth Project is a journey through history with counties all throughout Mississippi. It is an assignment William Winter Institution of Racial Reconciliation took upon themselves to complete by going to different counties and finding out history from the county’s point of view.
Peairs has been to counties from Lafayette County to Neshoba County investigating and finding out the ‘truth.’ During her time of working here at Ole Miss she will be ‘ bringing things back to the forefront.’ According to Peairs several children in Oxford County say that they are tired of people coming from a different place and knowing more about their county then they do.
Peairs further explained her job and what she does as an oral historian.
“Oral history is kind of like deconstructing history. It’s reclaiming history. Oral history serves to equalize, enhance, and to fill in gaps,” Peairs continued, “this is nothing new. It has just be brought back to the forefront. It is not just the big people. It is everybody.”
Over time Peairs along with Patrick Weems, program coordinator of William Winter Institute of Racial Reconciliation, will continue gather history and facts and they will be published on a detailed website: http://www.ms.civilrightsproject.com
Not only is Peairs looking at the history of the community people but she is also looking at the history of the facilities in the community.
“She’s doing Oral History all around the state. She is looking at Health care facilities, Police departments, she is looking into racial situations from the past and possibly present. This is to hopefully give clarity for where they are now” said Weems
According to Patrick Weems after the history is recorded it will be documented in Mississippi State Archives in Jackson, Ms. This website is available to all of MississippProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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to view and possibly add more legitimate history.
Patrick Weems and Rhondalyn Peairs can both be contacted at 662-915-6734
Pweems@olemiss.edu
December 6, 2010
Mississippi Truth Project
The William Winter Institution of Racial Reconciliation has a new oral historian who is helping with the new Mississippi Truth Project.
Rhondalyn Peairs is an Oxford native, oral historian who has been brought in to help with the William Winter Institution of Racial Reconciliation’s Mississippi Truth Project. The Mississippi Truth Project is a journey through history with counties all throughout Mississippi. It is an assignment William Winter Institution of Racial Reconciliation took upon themselves to complete by going to different counties and finding out history from the county’s point of view.
Peairs has been to counties from Lafayette County to Neshoba County investigating and finding out the ‘truth.’ During her time of working here at Ole Miss she will be ‘ bringing things back to the forefront.’ According to Peairs several children in Oxford County say that they are tired of people coming from a different place and knowing more about their county then they do.
Peairs further explained her job and what she does as an oral historian.
“Oral history is kind of like deconstructing history. It’s reclaiming history. Oral history serves to equalize, enhance, and to fill in gaps,” Peairs continued, “this is nothing new. It has just be brought back to the forefront. It is not just the big people. It is everybody.”
Over time Peairs along with Patrick Weems, program coordinator of William Winter Institute of Racial Reconciliation, will continue gather history and facts and they will be published on a detailed website: http://www.ms.civilrightsproject.com
Not only is Peairs looking at the history of the community people but she is also looking at the history of the facilities in the community.
“She’s doing Oral History all around the state. She is looking at Health care facilities, Police departments, she is looking into racial situations from the past and possibly present. This is to hopefully give clarity for where they are now” said Weems
According to Patrick Weems after the history is recorded it will be documented in Mississippi State Archives in Jackson, Ms. This website is available to all of MississippProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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to view and possibly add more legitimate history.
Patrick Weems and Rhondalyn Peairs can both be contacted at 662-915-6734
Pweems@olemiss.edu
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