Terry Buffington Foundation
Who we are
The Terry Buffington Foundation is an American cultural anthropology organization that promotes the study of cultural anthropology and social activism to bring to light Southern and black experiences during the Civil Rights Movement to the present.
Why we do it
The Terry Buffington Foundation’s mission is to promote the culture and contributions of Blacks people in American history, through community building events and collaborative efforts which makes the organization open to any and everyone.
Terry Buffington Productions
Who we are
Terry Buffington Productions LLC is a community-based organization with the goal of featuring original productions and events inspired by the life and work of humanities scholar Terry Buffington.
Why we do it
Terry Buffington Productions is a robust team that aims to enrich and educate the community by producing relevant, conscientious and thought-provoking programs, events and performances that reflect the social and political issues of our times. We want people to see the history of the civil rights movement, so that people can feel empathy about the subject, with the intent to inspire others by presenting a challenge to the ethos of the 1960s and the future of marginalized people and communities throughout the country.
Terry Buffington
As an educator, Professor Buffington’s career has taken her to Monmouth College, as an assistant to the college president on minority affairs, Monmouth, Illinois, City Colleges of Chicago, Illinois, Lecturer of Anthropology Southern Mississippi University, ethnographer department of history and Oral history, Hattiesburg. The University of Mississippi, instructor Project Learn Earn and Prosper (LEAP) Oxford. Mississippi State University, The cobb Institute of Archaeology, Lecture of Anthropology, Starkville, Mississippi. Alabama Southern College, Director Student Support Services, Monroeville, Alabama, and Mid-South College, Director of Student Support Services West Memphis, Arkansas.
Ms. Buffington was the first black women in Northeast Mississippi to organize a community arts center, festival (Avant Park), and the very first to present a statewide conference on Southern folklore in Northeast Mississippi Oxford.
Ms. Buffington graduated from the University of Memphis in Tennessee with a Master of Arts in Anthropology, a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, a Master of Higher education Administration/Student Personnel, the University of Mississippi.
Since relocating to Pullman, Ms. Buffington has been an integral member of the academic and regional community regarding her Anthropological work and commitment to Social Justice. She is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Digital Technology and Culture at Washington State University where she focuses on oral storytelling histories.
