Daphne Chamberlain
Dr. Daphne Chamberlain is a native of Columbus, Mississippi. Sitting at the feet of her grandparents, she gained a wealth of knowledge on the black experience in Mississippi under the system of Jim Crow. At the age of 9 or 10, her eyes confirmed what her ears had only heard after reading an anniversary edition of Jet magazine, which featured a story on the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Learning about Till was one of many events that solidified her passion for history and desire to change the world.
Dr. Chamberlain attended historic Tougaloo College where she completed her undergraduate studies in History, and she subsequently received her Master’s and Ph.D. in History from the University of Mississippi. Before returning to Tougaloo as a faculty member and administrator where she worked for ten years, Dr. Chamberlain taught History and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi and was also the founding Director of the COFO Civil Rights Education Center at Jackson State University.
Dr. Chamberlain serves on the boards of several social justice non-profit organizations, has served in the planning of several national and local civil rights commemorations, served as a scholar-consultant to several history documentaries and also to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, and has been invited to present her research across the country.
Dr. Chamberlain now serves as Chief Program Officer at the Emmett Till Interpretive Center which “promotes restorative justice through public education, storytelling, and historic preservation focusing on the 1955 Emmett Till tragedy to foster community healing and understanding to create a more equitable future.”
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