Noted Civil War historian Dr. Victoria Bynum will host a screening of the 2016 film, The Free State of Jones, staring Matthew McConaughey, which was based upon her 2001 work, The Free State of Jones: Mississippi’s Longest Civil War, with a discussion of the film and the real-life events to follow.

The screening will take place in 205 Gorgas Library on March 1, 2018, at 3:30 PM.

Sponsored by the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History and the College of Arts and Sciences.

For more information, contact Dr. Lesley Gordon or the Department of History (205-348-7100).