FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE: FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2016
Hattiesburg to be in National Spotlight
C-SPAN reveals Hattiesburg history and highlights authors during week-long visit
C-SPAN is visiting Hattiesburg,March 24-29, as it features the history and non-fiction literary life of the city on the cable network’s non-fiction book channel BookTV (on C-SPAN2) and history channel American History TV (on C-SPAN3).
Working with its Comcast cable partners, and Visit Hattiesburg, C-SPAN producers will visit various literary and historic sites, interviewing local historians, authors and Mayor Johnny DuPree.
Local segments recorded during March 25-March 29 will air on BookTV (C-SPAN2, Comcast channel 104) and American History TV (C-SPAN3, Comcast channel 105) throughout C-SPAN's special Hattiesburg weekend, May 21-22.
Programming highlights will include:
Interview with Mayor Johnny DuPree about the city of Hattiesburg. The Mayor's segment will air on C-SPAN's Washington Journal program on Comcast channel 19, Friday, May 20th between 6am CST/9am CST.
American History TV (C-SPAN3) programming highlights:
The African American Military History Museum. Latoya Norman will talk about the only remaining USO building constructed for African American soldiers and share the stories featured inside.
University of Southern Mississippi – Special Collections. Jennifer Brannock and others will show items and share the stories from their Civil Rights & Freedom Summer 1964 Collection, the Papers of Governor Theodore Bilbo and the Oseloa McCarty Collection.
Tour the Freedom Summer Trail – highlighting various sites -- Vernon Dahmer Home with Mrs. Ellie Dahmer and Latoya Williams, the Hattiesburg Public Library, and the St. Paul Methodist Church with Irene Williams and Glenda Funchess.
Book TV (C-SPAN2) programming highlights:
Interviewing author Susannah Ural about her book "Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades: Soldiers and Families in America's Civil War"
University of Southern Mississippi – Rare Books Collection - Special Collections at McCain Library and Archives. Jennifer Brannock will highlight items from the Sam E. Wood Collection of Rare Books
Interviewing author Heather Marie Stur about her book "Beyond Combat: Women and Gender in the Vietnam War Era"
Interviewing author David Davies about his book "The Press and Race: Mississippi Journalists Confront the Movement"
Interviewing author Andy Weist about his book "The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam"
BACKGROUND:
C-SPAN’s 2016 Cities Tour takes Book TV and American History TV on the road. C-SPAN2 (BookTV) and C-SPAN3 (American History TV) are featuring the literary life and history of each of these selected cities during special weekends on the public affairs network.
AIR DATES:
The programs C-SPAN produces in Hattiesburg will air throughout a special Hattiesburg feature weekend May 21-22--literary programming on Book TV (on C-SPAN2, Comcast channel 104) and history programming on American History TV (on C-SPAN3, Comcast channel 105). C-SPAN is available in Hattiesburg on Comcast channel 19.
For more information, visit theC-SPAN Cities Tour website and follow the program on Twitter @CSPANCities.
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Comcast Contact:
Ronnie Colvin, Senior Director External Affairs
Visit Hattiesburg Contacts:
Richard Taylor, Executive Director
Mercey Livingston, Public Relations & Digital Strategies Coordinator
Matthew Godfrey, Director of Sales and Advertising
C-SPAN Contact:
Debbie Lamb, Coordinating Producer (on-site in Hattiesburg)