O'Brien Speaker at "50 Years of Progress: Desegregation of The University of Southern Mississippi"

Former CNN news anchor, reporter and award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien delivered a keynote address to complement the 50th anniversary of The University of Southern Mississippi’s desegregation.

The featured program, “Celebrating 50 Years of Progress: Desegregation of The University of Southern Mississippi,” will involve discussion of the historical event. Southern Miss accepted its first two African-American students, Raylawni Branch and Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong, in September 1965.