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Diversity Committee to screen civil rights film

The Delta State University Diversity Committee and the Quality Enhancement Program will host a film screening and panel discussion of “Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi” on Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. in the Jacob Conference Center of Ewing Hall.

This documentary tells the never-before-told story of how independent black farmers and black landowners served as the secret weapons in the Mississippi Delta civil rights movement during the 1960s.

Delta State will become the first college campus to host a screening of this dynamic new documentary.

The producers of the film will serve as panelists along with several landowners featured in the documentary. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Arlene Sanders, instructor of political science, at 662-846-4095, or like the Delta State University Diversity Committee Facebook page.