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Noted film critic Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote: [3]. Heart of Dixie is a clear-eyed, funny and affecting movie about the emotional awakening of a pretty, white Alabama coed in 1957, on the eve of the great racial struggles that would mark the 1960s throughout the South. ...
Oxford and Lafayette County were formed from lands ceded by the Chickasaw people in the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek in 1832. The county was organized in 1836, and in 1837 three pioneers—John Martin, John Chisom, and John Craig—purchased land from Hoka, a female Chickasaw landowner, as a site for the town. [5]
Lorraine Collett Petersen (December 9, 1892 – March 30, 1983) was an American model hired to promote a corporate trademark as the "Sun-Maid Girl". Lorraine Collett was born to George Dexter Collett and Martha Elizabeth Falkenstein in Kansas City, Missouri .
October 6, 2008 (University Circle at the University of Mississippi: Oxford: 12: North Lamar Historic District: North Lamar Historic District: November 14, 2007 (Roughly bounded by N. 11th, Price, N. 16th, and Van Buren Sts.
The Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district located in Oxford, Mississippi, which is the county seat of Lafayette County.The district has existed since the city's incorporation in 1837, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1980.
Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) [2] was an American model, businesswoman and author. She is widely credited as being one of the first African-American supermodels. Sims was the first African-American model to appear on the covers of Ladies' Home Journal and Life. [3] [4]
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DK Metcalf [born 1997), NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford; Alex Mullen (born 1992), world memory champion, raised in Oxford; Michael Oher (born 1986), NFL offensive tackle; Jim Poole (1915–1994), NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford; Connie Price-Smith (born 1962), track and field coach; Culley Rikard (1914–2000), MLB outfielder, born in Oxford