“The Farming Freedom” premiere
The Farming Freedom television premiere is officially set for May 4 at 11am! Here's how to watch: Set your reminders now! Add the WLBT app on your Roku, Amazon Fire, […]
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Speakers Bureau: “The Challenges of the First Fifty Years of Women’s Suffrage”
South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society 307 2nd Ave, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesDr. Rebecca Tuuri’s presentation examines the first fifty years of the women’s suffrage in Mississippi, with a focus on the work of the Mississippi League of Women Voters (LWV) from […]
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Speakers Bureau: “The Challenges of the First Fifty Years of Women’s Suffrage”
South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society 307 2nd Ave, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesDr. Rebecca Tuuri’s presentation examines the first fifty years of the women’s suffrage in Mississippi, with a focus on the work of the Mississippi League of Women Voters (LWV) from […]
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Mississippi Freedom Trail marker unveiling for Emmett J. Stringer
Catfish Alley 116 4th St S, Columbus, MSThe Mississippi Humanities Council and Visit Mississippi will unveil a new Mississippi Freedom Trail marker for Emmett J. Stringer, a dentist from the Mississippi Delta who fought for civil rights […]
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Speakers Bureau: “A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music”
Instant Impact Global Prep 319 US-61, Natchez, MS, United StatesIn this presentation, Jerry Jenkins will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally […]
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Speakers Bureau: Music of the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865
Mississippi Final Stands Interpretive Center 607 Grisham St, Baldwyn, MS, United StatesSpeaker William P Arinder explores music of the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865 played on the Appalachian Mountain. Dulcimer, banjo-mier and wooden spoons plus period clothing are worn […]
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Speakers Bureau: “No One Writes Songs about Polyester: Re-making Cotton’s Image in the Late Twentieth Century”
Anguilla Methodist Church 631 Front St, Anguilla, MS, United StatesSpeaker: James Giesen Mississippi has long reigned as the capital of cotton country, but by the mid-twentieth century, the crop's dominance faced a serious threat from synthetic upstarts like Polyester […]
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Speaker Series: Smokye Joe Frank
Historic Natchez Foundation 108 S. Commerce St., Natchez, MS, United StatesThe 2024-2025 season is an annual program of the Natchez Historical Society, consisting of 8 regular monthly presentations by expert speakers on humanities topics pertinent to the history of the […]
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Speakers Bureau: “A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music”
Halls Ferry Park 1401 Walnut Street, Vicksburg, MS, United StatesJerry Jenkins will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the […]
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Alexander v. Holmes County Freedom Trail Marker Unveiling
S. V. Marshall Elementary School 12572 MS Highway 12, Lexington, MSThe U. S. Supreme Court’s 1969 decision in the Beatrice Alexander v Holmes County Board of Education case is perhaps one of the least-recognized but most significant single victories for […]
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Speakers Bureau: “Wanted–1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Mississippi Newspapers”
Anguilla Methodist Church 631 Front St, Anguilla, MS, United StatesSpeakers Bureau lecturer Tracy Carr presents: "Wanted--1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Mississippi Newspapers" A monkey named Jocko who lived at the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport, the […]
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Speakers Bureau: “The Soul of Southern Cooking”
Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education 1600 Government St, Ocean Springs, MississippiBrinda Willis presents "The Soul of Southern Cooking I & II: Miz Bob's Second Batch Cooking from a Mississippi Slave Girl's Table." Miz Bob (known as Bob Hunter to friends […]
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