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M. J. O’Brien is an award-winning author of civil rights narratives. His first book, We Shall Not Be Moved, won the coveted Lillian Smith Book Award—a prize formerly won by many civil rights luminaries, including Congressman John Lewis and Marian Wright Edelman. His latest book, The Tougaloo Nine, recently won the Mississippi Historical Society’s 2026 Book of the Year Award.
Mississippi Book Festival
M. J. O’Brien is an official panelist at the 2026 Mississippi Book Festival. He will be discussing his most recent book The Tougaloo Nine: The Jackson Library Sit-In at the Crossroads of Civil War and Civil Rights. Check back for exact time and location other details to come soon!