The Delta: Everything Southern

A Day of Distinguished Speakers, Images and Music

June 26, 2008 - The University of Memphis
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Schedule

7:45-8:15 Welcome Desk Open, Coffee and Danish available
8:15-8:30 Welcome to Conferees
8:30-9:10 Dr. Stuart Rockoff, “Chai Cotton: Jewish Life in the Mississippi Delta”
9:10-9:50 Mrs. Gloria Carter Dickerson , “Somebody Had to Do It”
9:50-10:05 Break
10:05-10:45 Mrs. Charlotte Hays, “The Delta Way of Death”
10:45-11:25 Mr. Willy Bearden, “Something in the Water: Delta Writers and the World”
11:30-12:45 Lunch & Door Prizes
12:45-1:25 Dr. Charles Crawford, “Sullen, Untamed, Intractable: The 1927 Mississippi River Flood”
1:25-2:05 Ms. Eden Brent, “That's How Boogaloo Did It”
2:05-2:45 Mr. Charles Weissinger, “The Largest Naval Battle in American History Won by the Infantry!”
2:45-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15 Open Discussion with Speakers
An opportunity for the audience to engage in discussion with the presentors concerning their presentations and other topics germane to the Delta and the American South.
4:15-4:30 Program Evaluation, Announcements, and Farewell

The University of Memphis
Fogelman Executive Conference Center
330 Innovation Drive
Memphis, TN 38152-3130

Contact: Dr. Nicholas Gotten or William Bearden

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