From traditional green historical markers to the Mississippi Blues Trail, Freedom Trail, Country Music Trail, and Mississippi Mound Trail, the state’s history is told along its roads. The speaker takes a fun romp through history that will interest anyone who likes fascinating trivia about the state.
Speakers Expertise:
William “Brother” Rogers became the director of the Programs and Communication Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in 2017. From 1990 to 2016, he was the associate director of the
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service in Starkville, Mississippi. He holds a master's degree in public affairs (MPA) from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Brother was an adjunct professor from 2008 to 2014 in the Honors College at the University of Alabama, where he taught a course on women and political leadership.
