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Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom

Welcome to the Declaration Center!

Welcome to The Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom!  The Center offers educational opportunities, speakers, internships, and reading groups for the University of Mississippi community.  Please explore this webpage, follow us on … Read more

Flags in the yard on campus outside of the Student Union

Freedom Fellows

Overhead shot of books

Reading Group

Image of the Declaration of Independence (source: US National Archives)

Educational Resources

Top News

  • Quiz Bowl and Speaker Highlight Double Virtual Oxford Science Cafe
    by Edwin B. Smith
    OXFORD, Miss. – Two separate events – including a science-focused trivia contest – will make up the virtual Oxford Science Cafe for March at the University of Mississippi. Both events, […]
  • The Dark Doesn’t Hide It
    by Shea Stewart
    OXFORD, Miss. – The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a global upheaval, with lives lost, vanished jobs, social instability and other detrimental effects – and some people might find a bit […]
  • Willie Morris Awards Announces Fiction and Poetry Winners
    by Rebecca Lauck Cleary
    OXFORD, Miss. – A debut fiction writer and a poet are the winners of this year’s Willie Morris Awards, which recently moved to the University of Mississippi. Winning the Willie […]