Course Content
Syllabus[edit]
Tentative Course Syllabus/Itinerary
Assignments[edit]
Assignment One: Due May 25 (On the Bus Trip)
Hancock County Service Project Assignments
Course Content[edit]
Sharecropping from 1800-1950 in the Mississippi Delta
Selected Final Essays[edit]
At the end of the trip, students were assigned to write a scholarly essay on any aspect of the course that had particular significance for them. Presented here are a selection of the essays that represent the broad range topics that were important to the students.
- Social Implications of Parchman Farm by Teresa Blake
- Steadfast Faith in the Transforming South by Arlyn Ilgenfritz
- Heritage vs. Hate: The Impact on Higher Education of 4 southern States' Desire to Honor the Confederacy by Kendra D. Stewart
- The Household Structure of Black Families: Networks of Race, Gender, and Socio-Economic Status by Jaymi Thomas
- The Prison System and Slavery in the South by Ricky Watson
- The Changing South: Economics, Politics and Social Relationships by David Weaver