Writers in Residence Program- Rita Dove
Writers in Residence Program with Rita Dove is a public reading for students, faculty and community members in the Golden Triangle region. Her public presentation is part of a week-long […]
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Taylor Auditorium 40 Old Main, Starkville, MS, United States
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USM host Bodies of Work
University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg , MS - MississippiNo Cost -
Tougaloo College presents #WAKEUP
Bennie G. Thompson Building 500 West County Line Road, Jackson, MS, United StatesThe Division of Humanities, Department of English/Creative Writing & Theatre Emphasis presents the innovative theatrical spring production of #Wakeup! #WAKEUP opens our eyes to the deep causes of African American […]
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Speakers Bureau: Mississippi in the Great War
Quisenberry Library Clinton MS 605 E. Northside Drive , Clinton , MSAnne Webster is a retired archivist at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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Philosophical Fridays: Changing Our Mind-Making Sense of the Christian Fight over LGBT Inclusion
Gonzales Auditorium 1999 Pearl St, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesMany Mississippians today have had scant exposure to genuine philosophical inquiry and debate and know little about philosophy's long, distinguished history. Even those who may have taken a philosophy course […]
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Can We Achieve This Togetherness in Our Time?
Eureka School 412 East 6th Street, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesPlease join The Freedom50 Research Group as they present critical perspectives of the Clyde Kennard case in relation to racial progress at the University of Southern Mississippi by means of […]
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The 4th Annual Winning the Race Conference
Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United StatesThe Winning the Race Conference was developed with three overarching goals: engage in conversations with campus and community constituencies that will build an appreciation for diversity differences and a spirit […]
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Speakers Bureau: Parallels of Southern Storytelling & Folktales from Around the World
Jackson State University College of Education Room 100 1400 John Lynch Street , Jackson , MS, United StatesDiane Williams is a neo-griot, along the lines of the storytellers from times gone by when oral historians were crucial to maintaining black folks’ history because book publishers didn’t believe […]
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Speakers Bureau: Mississippi in the Work of Sherwood Bonner
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS, United StatesHolly Springs native Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell (1849-1883) left her Mississippi Home in 1873 to pursue a literary career in the Northeast. She became "Sherwood Bonner," a writer whose witty […]
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12th Annual Veterans of MS Civil Rights Movement
Tougaloo College 500 W County Line Rd, Tougaloo, MS, United StatesThe Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, Inc., (VMCRM) in conjunction with Tougaloo College will host a three-day conference designed to inspire and empower today’s youth through social activism, […]
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The Twenty-Fourth Oxford Conference for the Book
The Overby Center 555 Grove Loop, University, MS, United StatesThe 2017 Oxford Conference for the Book will be held on March 29-31, 2017. The annual event celebrates books, reading, and writing while also examining the practical concerns on which […]
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Icons of Statehood comes to Amory
Amory Regional Museum 801 3rd St S, Amory, MS, United StatesOn 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 […]
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