East Mississippi Community College will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from February 8 through March 12. The exhibit will be on display in the Tubb-May […]
Two-day symposium demonstrating the historical contributions of select Mississippi artists and arts organizations to American music and opera from the past and present.
Children growing up in the United States are living in a world with ongoing public debates about race, daily displays of racial violence, and for some, an increased awareness surrounding […]
GRAMMY Museum Mississippi (GMM) is planning a Museum Day on March 5thto celebrate the Museum’s 5thAnniversary and the opening of its new exhibition, MTV: Celebrating 40 Years of MTV. MTV […]
A brief history (from tamales to red beans and rice) of the various ethnic and racial culinary traditions that have shaped Mississippians’ diets. Speakers Expertise: Dr. Andrew P. Haley is […]
Founded by the Center and Square Books, the conference brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, artists, poets, publishers, teachers, students, and literacy advocates for three days of conversation in […]
In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King wrote an article that encouraged social scientists through critical thinking and a humanistic stance, to shape public opinion and policy. Following his charge, Dr. […]
On March 15, East Mississippi Community College in Scooba will host Dr. Brinda Willis of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public program "From […]
Ms. Deborah Purnell will present the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Mississippi Valley State University, "The Role of Women in John Singleton's Higher Learning." The lecture is virtual and open […]
Rebecca Tuuri’s Mississippi Humanities Council talk will explore how black women leaders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) helped ensure democracy for all Americans in the 1960s. By running for […]
MS + MA is a joint project of the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mass Humanities. We’re bringing together people from our respective states for six interactive, online programs to facilitate […]
Dr. Elizabeth Crews will present the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Blue Mountain College: In the fall, Dr. Elizabeth Crews taught a memoir class for the Union County Heritage […]
