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SUMMARY:Behind the Big House program & tour
DESCRIPTION:Behind the Big House: Preserving the Histories and Architecture of Slavery is an educational program initiated by Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs\, Inc. held in conjunction with the Annual Pilgrimage that explores the area’s rare extant inventory of structures related to slavery. Now in its fourth season\, the tour has garnered rave reviews for its innovative\, inclusive approach to heritage tourism. To learn more about the people and places behind Behind the Big House\, please visit http://www.preservemarshallcounty.org. \nHolly Springs\, MS \nNo Cost \nSponsored by Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs\, Inc & MS Humanities Council \nFor more information:\nChelius Carter- 901-336-4090
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SUMMARY:Icons of Statehood comes to Winona
DESCRIPTION:On December 10\, 1817\, Mississippi became the nation’s twentieth state. Starting in 2016 a new traveling exhibit featuring Mississippi’s first constitution and the first U.S. flag to include a star for the new state will tour the state to celebrate the approaching bicentennial. The project will partner with nine local institutions across the state to host these artifacts and develop relate programming\, which will be open to the public and include interpretive displays\, presentations\, and children’s activities over a two-day period at each site. \nApril 19\, 10a.m.- 5p.m. \nApril 20\, 8a.m.-5p.m. \nWinona\, MS – Winona- Montgomery County Public Library \nNo Cost \nSponsored by MS Department of Archives & History & MS Humanities Council \nFor more information:\nKrista Sorenson 601-576-6976
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/icons-of-statehood-comes-to-winona/
LOCATION:Winona- Montgomery County Public Library\, 115 N Quitman St\, Winona\, MS\, 38967\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speaker Bureau: The Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary Times
DESCRIPTION:Flonzie Wright Brown has been involved in the Civil Rights Movement since 1963. Her presentation examines the role of youths in the movement\, the importance of women in the struggle\, the impact of slavery and lessons learned and the impact today of obtaining the right to vote. Ms. Brown recaps the Civil Rights Movement and the lessons learned\, and examines current strategies for achieving more community involvement\, participation and proactive involvement. She stresses the importance of continued voter registration and education\, chronicling and preserving our history\, getting out the vote and increasing community awareness\, interest and involvement. \nDuring the Civil Rights Movement\, Ms. Wright helped register thousands of voters in Mississippi. She was the first African American female elected official in Mississippi post-Reconstruction. She is a best-selling author of Looking Back to Move Ahead\, which chronicles her journey growing up in a small Mississippi town through her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. She worked directly with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many other humanitarian activists\, both locally and nationally. Her experiences are documented in a 1997 film entitled Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speaker-bureau-civil-rights-movement-contemporary-times/
LOCATION:Fondren Presbyterian Church\, 3220 Old Canton Rd\, Jackson \, MS \, 39216
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: The Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary Times
DESCRIPTION:Flonzie Wright Brown has been involved in the Civil Rights Movement since 1963. Her presentation examines the role of youths in the movement\, the importance of women in the struggle\, the impact of slavery and lessons learned and the impact today of obtaining the right to vote. Ms. Brown recaps the Civil Rights Movement and the lessons learned\, and examines current strategies for achieving more community involvement\, participation and proactive involvement. She stresses the importance of continued voter registration and education\, chronicling and preserving our history\, getting out the vote and increasing community awareness\, interest and involvement. \nDuring the Civil Rights Movement\, Ms. Wright helped register thousands of voters in Mississippi. She was the first African American female elected official in Mississippi post-Reconstruction. She is a best-selling author of Looking Back to Move Ahead\, which chronicles her journey growing up in a small Mississippi town through her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. She worked directly with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many other humanitarian activists\, both locally and nationally. Her experiences are documented in a 1997 film entitled Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-civil-rights-movement-contemporary-times/
LOCATION:Fondren Presbyterian Church\, 3220 Old Canton Rd\, Jackson \, MS \, 39216
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