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    Posted Aug 24, 2020 04:32 PM
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    The Society of Mississippi Archivists will be hosting its second Virtual Table Talk entitled "Community Collaboration: The Margaret Walker Center and the Scott-Ford House, Inc." This talk will be given by Angela D. Stewart and Dr. Alferdteen Harrison.

    The Margaret Walker Center, located at Jackson State University, is an archive and museum dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of African American history and culture. Founded in 1996 through the efforts of Dr. Alferdteen Harrison, Scott-Ford House, Inc. is devoted to preserving two homes in the Farish Street Historic District of Jackson, Mississippi for use as a historic house museum complex. One of its most recent projects, developing an oral history database, is currently underway with the assistance of the Margaret Walker Center. This presentation will describe the cooperative work between these two institutions and explore collaboration as a means for preserving and celebrating the histories of marginalized communities. The presentation will also discuss how the Margaret Walker Center benefits from the collaboration with the Scott-Ford House, Inc. and how this collaboration can be a template for future community collaborations.

    This event will take place on September 25, 2020 at 12:00 PM CT. Registrants will receive an invitation to the WebEx event room the week of the event date. Registration will close an hour prior to the event. A recording of the event will be made available via SMA VTT's YouTube channel. Register at http://bit.ly/smavtalkcollab.

    If you would like more information or are interested in giving a Virtual Table Talk, contact Carrie P. Mastley at cmastley@library.msstate.edu.



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    Carrie Mastley
    Assistant Professor/Manuscripts Librarian
    Mississippi State University Libraries
    Mississippi State MS
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