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 | Mississippi
Humanities Council’s
30th Anniversary
Year
For its 30th anniversary, the
Mississippi Humanities Council held a year-long celebration beginning in
May, 2002.
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 | Lecture Series
The Mississippi Humanities Council has assumed leadership in promoting the
humanities and humanities education in the public life of Mississippi. The
council perceives its roll as serving as a bridge between scholars and the
general public. ...
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 | Family Literacy Programs
The Mississippi Humanities Council supports two family-based reading programs
for new adult readers and their elementary school age children and as part of
the 30th anniversary ...
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| "New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music" |
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The Mississippi Humanities Council is currently sponsoring
the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit: New Harmonies, Celebrating American Roots
Music, an interactive exhibit portraying the ongoing cultural processes that
have made American (and Mississippi)
the birthplace of more music than any place on earth. The exhibit opened at the
MSU Riley
Center in Meridian in late March and will travel to
five additional locations across the state through January of 2008.
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 | MS Oral History Program
The Mississippi Oral History Program
is a joint venture by a state agency, a state university, and the Mississippi
Humanities Council to document and preserve the history and culture of this
state through a statewide oral history project. |
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