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Dylan Scholarship Links Mississippi And Civil Rights
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Executive Summary
R.J. Morgan's Ole Miss course and research trace Dylan's Mississippi ties, showing how songs and history converge on civil rights
- R.J. Morgan traces Bob Dylan's Mississippi ties through the 1963 Delta Folk Jubilee in Greenwood
- The Jubilee was a SNCC voter registration rally and an integrated gathering with major civil rights stakes
- Dylan performed Only a Pawn in Their Game and Blowin in the Wind at the event
- Morgan interviewed participants including Courtland Cox, Bob Moses, and Dorie Ladner to document the rally
- His course Bob Dylan and the South became a permanent part of the Ole Miss catalog
- Students study more than 70 Dylan songs tied to the South and its history
- Campus resources and scholars at Ole Miss support broader Dylan research and student projects
Quick Facts
- What: Research and teaching on Dylan's Mississippi civil rights ties
- Where: University of Mississippi and Greenwood Mississippi
- Why: To show Dylan's music reflects Southern history and voting rights struggles
- Who: R.J. Morgan, Ole Miss students, civil rights veterans
- When: Centered on 1963 with ongoing scholarship in 2025
Coverage Timeline: 1439 Days
Featured Article
On Oct 31, 2021, Recliner Notes published an article detailing Dylan's Mississippi recording history and multiple versions.
Additional Articles
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On an upcoming Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Oxford, the Overby Center will host a program on Bob Dylan's Mississippi and civil rights connections.
At the University of Mississippi in Oxford, R.J. Morgan has created a course exploring Bob Dylan's Mississippi roots and civil rights engagements.
On 2025-10-07 in Oxford, Mississippi, professor R.J. Morgan detailed Bob Dylan’s deep connections to Mississippi and the civil rights movement.
Atwood Magazine analyzes Bob Dylan’s "Mississippi," recorded in 1997 and re-recorded for the 2001 album Love and Theft, exploring its sources and evolution.
In this bob-dylan.org.uk article, the author analyzes Bob Dylan's song Mississippi, focusing on its late-1990s recording history and 2001 release context.
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Rob Boschman at Mount Royal University taught a 14-week course on Bob Dylan's albums, lyrics and cultural influence using vinyl and interdisciplinary sources in Calgary.
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University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, offers Bob Dylan and The South in 2025, examining Dylan's ties to the region through songs and historical context.
University of Mississippi students and faculty conducted a summer study abroad tour to Florence, Italy for Bob Dylan's Week, then attended a four-day World of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The School of Journalism and New Media in Mississippi offers Journalism 350 Bob Dylan and the South in the spring, taught by Ronnie Morgan at 11 a.m. on Tue/Thu.