{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.mississippifreepress.org%2Fepisodes%2Froscoe-barnes-iii-n4CmRYK2","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Roscoe Barnes III","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6fe30b3e-8536-4eb1-b095-84c5e927351b/484b7c85-3ac9-47d6-9f83-f112f2b236b5/roscoe-barnes-iii-podcast.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/97366b23-eb2e-4aa1-a29a-d441ab4d56b1\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Roscoe Barnes III\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"On this episode of MFP Live, Donna Ladd and Kimberly Griffin speak to Dr. Roscoe Barnes III.\n\nDr. Roscoe Barnes III is the Cultural Heritage Tourism Manager for Visit Natchez, a tourism marketing organization. They discussed his extensive research on Mississippi-born civil rights activist and author Anne Moody. They also talked about the rich history of Natchez and the ways he has helped to bring its often-hidden Black history to prominence.\n\nDr. Barnes is an Indianola, Miss., native and has been a church minister since he was 17. He earned his PhD in Church History and Polity from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He has also earned a Master of Arts in Religion from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pa., and a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies from East Coast Bible College in Charlotte, N.C. Dr. Barnes is an award-winning journalist writing for many publications in Mississippi and Pennsylvania."}