September     06   “Uncovering Crimes of the Past” Jerry Mitchell, Staff Writer Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi     13   “‘How Many Bubbles in a Bar of Soap?’: Taking Mississippi’s First Voting Rights Case to Court” Judge Gordon Martin, Visiting Professor of Law, Civil Rights, and Ethics Boston, Massachusetts     20   “Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, and the Clock above the Courthouse” Masarou Inoue, Professor of Literature Ferris University Yokohama, Japan     27   “‘Visualizing the Blues’ through the Arts” Jane Facquin, Education Coodinator Dixon Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee     October     04   “Marjorie Baroni: Ordinary Southern Woman, Extraordinary Activist” Susan Sullivan, Freelance Writer Atlanta, Georgia     11   “Vicksburg, Mississippi, and the Sisters of Mercy” Ted J. Smith, Executive Director Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation Vicksburg, Mississippi     18   “Blues Revivalism: Folkies, White Negroes, and Moldy Figs” Scott Barretta, Editor Living Blues Magazine University of Mississippi     25   “Saving Mississippi’s Last Great Places” Robbie Fisher, Director Martin Street, Director of Conservation The Nature Conservancy of Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi     November     01   “Tales from a Southern Undertaker” Steve Holland, State Legislator, Southern Studies Graduate Student General Manager, Former Owner, Lee Memorial Funeral Home Tupelo, Mississippi     08   “Mississippi Oral History” Shana Walton, Codirector Mississippi Oral History Program University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi     15   “The Role of Government Funding for the Arts in Mississippi: Trends, Effects, and Controversies” Lynn Wilkins Mississippi Arts Commission Oxford, Mississippi     29   “Reeling in the Years: Oxford's Millennial Passage” Jim Dees, Writer, Former Editor Oxford Town Taylor, Mississippi