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SUMMARY:Water/Ways in Meridian
DESCRIPTION:The Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Water/Ways\, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution\, from July 14 through August 25. \nWater/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of five free-standing display units incorporating photographs and text as well as numerous interactives ranging from basic flip charts to state of the art audio and video devices. Requiring a display area of a minimum of 650 sq. ft.\, the exhibit is designed for smaller venues\, thereby achieving the goal of “bringing the Smithsonian to Small Town America.” \nWater/Ways explores the endless motion of the water cycle\, water’s effect on landscape\, settlement and migration\, and its impact on culture and spirituality. It looks at how political and economic planning have long been affected by access to water and control of water resources. Human creativity and resourcefulness provide new ways of protecting water resources and renewing respect for the natural environment.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/water-ways-meridian/
LOCATION:Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum\, 1808 4th Street\, Meridian\, MS\, 39301\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: The Delta Chinese in 20th Century Mississippi
DESCRIPTION:When the Civil War brought an end to slavery\, cotton plantation owners sought inexpensive labor replacements and some of the earliest Chinese to the Delta were recruited for this purpose. The Chinese did not embrace this role and instead carved a business niche in the Delta by opening grocery stores in black neighborhoods to serve cotton pickers who previously acquired their food and household items from plantation-owned commissaries. Chinese also came to the Delta from other parts of the U. S. to escape discrimination and violence in the west during the late 1800s and early 1900s\, and carved out a distinctive position as a third element in a predominantly biracial society. This presentation explores the arrival of Chinese immigrants in the Mississippi Delta\, the social\, political and economic conditions of that era and the development of a Delta Chinese society. The presenter tells the story of the Mississippi Delta Chinese through his father’s and his own experiences growing up in a multiethnic neighborhood in Greenville\, reflecting on how his musical talents helped him achieve acceptance and assimilation in the white dominant Delta society. \n  \nSpeakers Expertise:\nSherman Hong was born in Greenville\, Mississippi\, during segregation and has investigated why the Chinese came to Mississippi in the mid-19th century. He entered “white” public schools soon after it was permitted in Greenville\, and tells of his experiences in a deeply divided South in the 1940s to the 1960s.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-delta-chinese-20th-century-mississippi/
LOCATION:Columbus-Lowndes Public Library\, 314 7th St N\, Columbus\, MS\, 39701\, United States
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