We will take a look at the 10-year period after the Civil War. This turbulent and eventful era of reconstruction was a time when Black Mississippians embraced their new freedom and how White Mississippians could not.
A native of Greenville, Mississippi, Jere Nash was a political consultant until he retired several years ago.
He is co-author with Andy Taggart of two books: Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2008 (2nd ed.) and Mississippi Fried Politics: Tall Tales from the Back Rooms. The former was recognized by the Mississippi Historical Society as the best book of Mississippi history published in 2006 and by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters as the best non-fiction book published in Mississippi in 2006.
Nash is co-author with Haley Barbour of America's Great Storm: Leading Through Hurricane Katrina. His narrative history of Reconstruction in Mississippi is part of the Heritage of Mississippi series.
The event will start with a social at 5:30 p.m. and the program at 6:00 p.m., November 11, 2025 at 108 South Commerce Street, Natchez, MS 39120. The program is free to the public, and hosted by the Natchez Historical Society.
