Robert Luckett

Dr. Robert Luckett is an Associate Professor in the Department of History as well as the Director of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University. His research interests include the modern civil rights movement, African American history, American history, and public history. His book, Joe T. Patterson and the White South’s Dilemma: Evolving Resistance to Black Advancement was published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2015.

Presentations

• The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
• The Mississippi Plan and the Rise of Jim Crow
• This Is My Century: Margaret Walker and the Black Arts Movement