Author of Clyde Kennard Book visits downtown Hattiesburg
HATTIESBURG. (WDAM) - Devery Anderson, the author of 'The Story of Clyde Kennard: A Slow, Calculated Lynching,' made his way into the Hattiesburg c...
April 30, 2023
11:56 AM
HATTIESBURG. (WDAM) - Devery Anderson, the author of 'The Story of Clyde Kennard: A Slow, Calculated Lynching,' made his way into the Hattiesburg community Saturday. The author held a book signing at The Author Shoppe in downtown Hattiesburg. He not only signed books but explained his work as well. Listeners gathered as the story unfolded of Clyde Kennard, a young black man who was denied entry into the University of Southern Mississippi in the 1950s. After the session, Anderson answered questions.
Kyra Lampley