3Q’s with Ted Ownby

The 12th Tupelo Elvis Presley Festival will close today, but the legacy of the festivals namesake will endure. Since 2008, Ted Ownby has been director of the University of Mississippis Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Hes also the author of two books on Southern cultural history.

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