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Andrew Young Lectures Graduates of Mississippi's Piney Wood School
Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger ^ | 05-26-03 | Goodman, Julie

Posted on 05/26/2003 8:10:27 AM PDT by Theodore R.

Edited on 05/07/2004 7:27:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

PINEY WOODS

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: commencement; graduates; ms; pineywoods; young
The article does not explain just what the Piney Woods School is. It appears to be a boarding school of high-school age students. Is it all-black? Also what is Piney Woods? Is this a town near Jackson? The writer seems to assume, mistakenly in my case, that the reader understands the nature of Piney Woods.
1 posted on 05/26/2003 8:10:28 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.
Young advised the 47 graduates not to marry too young, telling the young men to stick to one woman when they do.

I wonder what Martin would have said if Andy had told him this?

2 posted on 05/26/2003 8:34:02 AM PDT by 07055
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To: Theodore R.
The headline should read "Piney Woods," not Piney Wood. I typed it too quickly.
3 posted on 05/26/2003 8:38:33 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.
I'm from Jackson, MS originally - so here, man. Piney Woods is about 30 miles south/southeast of Jackson on U.S. 49, on the way to Hattiesburg (where the University of Southern Miss is - Brett Favre's alma mater).

http://www.pineywoods.org/

The students have to work the school's farm to help defray the cost of their education. It's actually called The Piney Woods Country Life School.
4 posted on 05/26/2003 9:17:01 AM PDT by Yudan
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To: WKB
Piney Woods ping!
5 posted on 05/26/2003 9:18:18 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Never have so many, been so wrong, about so much.)
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To: dixiechick2000
Thanks
Piney Woods is Ms's best kept secret.
6 posted on 05/26/2003 9:32:18 AM PDT by WKB (If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
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The article did not explain what the Piney Woods School actually is though; having read her article, I needed to do research in that I am not too familiar with the intricacies of MS's schools and small towns.
7 posted on 05/26/2003 10:02:00 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Yudan
... (where the University of Southern Miss is - Brett Favre's alma mater)...

This MUST be hallowed ground, then.

GO PACK, GO!

8 posted on 05/26/2003 10:13:24 AM PDT by PackerBoy
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To: PackerBoy
Roger THAT.
9 posted on 05/26/2003 11:44:15 AM PDT by Yudan
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To: Theodore R.
Fanie Lou Hamer BUMP!
( Today's world could use a lot more Fanie Lou Hamer and a lot less Jesse Jackson! )
10 posted on 05/26/2003 4:46:09 PM PDT by bourbon
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To: Yudan
I'm from Jackson, MS originally

I hope I speak for all the habitues of the MS threads, when I say we hope to see you around here more often!
11 posted on 05/26/2003 4:51:33 PM PDT by bourbon
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To: bourbon
Fanie Lou Hamer was the LBJ leader in MS, when Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr., was unenthusiastically endorsing Goldwater. I do not know much about her otherwise. Care to fill us in. Was it "Fanie" or "Fannie"?
12 posted on 05/26/2003 6:41:40 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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Oh, it was "Fannie." I'm sorry I misspelled her name above. Darned typos. :-)

The best summary of her life and career that I have read was in a book by Charles Marsh, called God's Long Summer. Marsh has a chapter in his book which highlights the centrality of her Christianity in her life and work. Notably, Hamer remained consistently pro-life until her death in 1977.

Here is a pretty decent bio on Hamer. I believe there are at least two full-length biographies on Hamer. Though I haven't read either one of them, I have heard good things about Kay Mills' book, This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer.

In many ways, I'd say she's probably my favorite civil rights leader of the 60s.
13 posted on 05/27/2003 7:52:18 AM PDT by bourbon
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