• Water/Ways in Meridian

    Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum 1808 4th Street, Meridian, MS, United States

    The Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, from July 14 through August 25. Water/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main […]

  • Ideas on Tour: Truth Decay?

    The Flamingo 3011 N State St, Jackson, MS, United States

    Join the Mississippi Humanities Council at the The Flamingo on July 31 for the second installment in our summer series "Ideas on Tour." On July 31, we'll explore the idea of truth. Does absolute […]

    Free
  • Water/Ways @ MIHM: Ebbs & Flows of Mississippi History

    Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum 1808 4th Street, Meridian, MS, United States

    On August 2, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Dr. James Giesen of the MHC’s Speakers Bureau to present his free and open to the public lecture “Water Ways: […]

    Free
  • Speakers Bureau: Mississippi Telling

    Hernando Farmer's Market 2535 Hwy 51, Hernando, MS

    Rebecca Moore Jernigan is an internationally recognized scholar and professional storyteller who resides in Oxford.

  • Water/Ways @ MIHM: Fish Fry & “Why We Call It Soul Food”

    Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum 1808 4th Street, Meridian, MS, United States

    On August 9, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Dr. Brinda Willis of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public lecture titled “Why […]

  • Speakers Bureau: The Delta Chinese in 20th Century Mississippi

    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS, United States

    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. […]

  • Water/Ways @ MHIM: Keep America Beautiful

    Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum 1808 4th Street, Meridian, MS, United States

    On August 16, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host a program titled "Keep America Beautiful" in partnership with the Keep Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful group. This program will feature a […]

    Free
  • 2018 Mississippi Book Festival

    Mississippi State Capitol 400 High St, Jackson, MS, United States

    The Mississippi Book Festival, a nonprofit founded by literacy advocates, launched in August 2015 on the State Capitol grounds and continues to draw thousands to its annual “literary lawn party” […]

  • Speakers Bureau: The Delta Blues Today

    St. Martin Public Library 15004 Lemoyne Blvd., Biloxi, MS

    This presentation begins with a performance of Delta blues songs from legendary Delta bluesmen and is followed by an overview of Delta blues and how it spread from the 1920s […]

  • Correcting Corrections: A Deep Dive on Prison Education

    Old Capitol Inn 226 North State Street, Jackson, MS

    A deep dive panel discussion on prison education that will examine links between literacy and incarceration, literacy and the inmate experience behind bars and literacy and the re-entry into society. […]