• 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • Water/Ways @MIHM: All Things Mississippi

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

    On August 25, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Anne McKee of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public lecture titled "All Things […]

  • Speakers Bureau: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi

    Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art 386 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, MS

    This talk traces the roots of the modern civil rights movement to World War II, a movement that began long before the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 […]

  • Monday Movies: All the Difference

    Burns Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center 710 Jackson Ave. East, Oxford, MS

    The Oxford Film Festival will host a screening of All The Difference at the Burns Belfry on August27 at 630 p.m. The largely invisible and often crushing struggles of young […]

  • Ideas on Tour: Culture & Appropriation

    Lucky Town Brewing Company 1710 N Mill Street, Jackson, MS, United States

    Join the Mississippi Humanities Council at Lucky Town Brewing Company for the third and final installment in our summer series "Ideas on Tour." On August 28, we'll examine the idea of cultural appropriation […]

    Free
  • Water/Ways in Clarksdale

    Lower Mississippi River Foundation 291 Sunflower Avenue, Clarksdale, United States

    The Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, from August 31 through October 13. Water/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main […]

    Free