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SUMMARY:Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Oxford
DESCRIPTION:Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Oxford\n \nJoin MHC in Oxford for the Spark! Places of Innovation tour of Mississippi! \nOctober 10-November 21\, 2026\nLafayette County and Oxford Public Library  \n662-234-5751 | lafayettems.com/places/lafayette-county-oxford-public-library/\nExhibit hours: \nAcross 2026-2027\, the Mississippi Humanities Council presents Spark! Places of Innovation\, a Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring Utica\, Meridian\, Greenville\, Oxford\, Hattiesburg\, and Gulfport. Special thanks to our statewide sponsor\, Cadence Bank\, for making this possible! \nABOUT SPARK!:\nThe story of human history is written in inventions and innovations. Across our nation. And right here in Mississippi. Join us in 2026-2027 to catch a new Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring the state…and spark some new ideas of your own. \nSpark! uses photographs\, digital stories\, objects\, and interactive elements to explore the places\, people\, and circumstances that ignite innovation and invention in rural communities across our nation. The exhibit also offers a springboard for diverse local programming\, spotlighting the stories\, ideas\, and innovations of Mississippians — and a call to contribute to the future of the towns we call home.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/spark-places-of-innovation-exhibit-in-oxford/
LOCATION:Oxford Lafayette Library\, 401 Bramlett Blvd \, Oxford\, MS\, 38655\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: “Standing Firm in Dixie: The Freedom Struggle in Laurel\, Mississippi"
DESCRIPTION:Derrion Arrington presents “Standing Firm in Dixie: The Freedom Struggle in Laurel\, Mississippi” \nIn 1962\, in a church near Laurel\, a Black leader named Benjamin Murph told his neighbors\, “We want bread to go along with ballots.” The vote meant little\, he argued\, without wages and security\, and the people of Jones County would keep demonstrating even if it took fifty years. This talk tells the story behind that vow. \nLaurel was a town of opposed extremes. It was the headquarters of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan\, the most violent Klan organization of the era\, and it was home to a Black freedom struggle that refused to bend to it. From church gatherings and a mobilized younger generation through Freedom Summer and the long fight for the ballot\, ordinary Black men and women organized\, endured reprisal\, and pressed for both the bread and the vote. \nDrawing on oral histories and archival records\, the presentation follows that struggle across generations\, from the early twentieth century into recent memory. Laurel’s story is local and singular\, and it reframes a familiar question—where the civil rights movement actually happened\, and how much longer it lasted than the textbooks allow.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-standing-firm-in-dixie-the-freedom-struggle-in-laurel-mississippi/
LOCATION:Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College\, 2226 Switzer Road\, Gulfport\, MS\, 39507\, United States
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