• A Way Pass Struggles Reenactment of Amir Ibrahim

    Mississippi Art Center 201 East Pascagoula Street, Jackson, MS

    Reenactment of an enslaved African named Abdul-Rahman ibn Ibrahim Sori, of his life as a free African and as an enslaved man in Natchez, MS. Art exhibit and discussion panel.

  • SB: Parallels of Southern Storytelling and Folktales from Around the World

    William Carey University 710 William Carey Parkway, Hattiesburg, MS

    Diane uses the art of storytelling to uncover folktales from the south, oral history from Mississippi, often paralleling these story motifs with folktales from around the world. Presentation will take […]

  • HTA: “Coffee Spoons and Cell Phones”

    Meridian Community College 910 Hwy 19 N, Meridian, MS

    Humanities Teacher Award winner Morgan Boothe presents her public lecture, "Coffee Spoons and Cell Phones: Isolation and Loneliness in T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Boothe will […]

  • HTA: History of Wesson and Copiah-Lincoln Community College

    Smith Hall-Room 101 H F McCarty Drive, Wesson, MS

    Humanities Teacher Award winner Kyle Britt (Copiah-Lincoln Community College) will present his public lecture, "History of Wesson and Copiah-Lincoln Community College." Reception to follow. This presentation will be on the […]

  • “Baltimore” Performance & Discussion

    Alpha Kappa Alpha 718 Main Street, Greenville, MS

    The Sunflower County Freedom Project youth drama will present Baltimore, a play by Kirsten Greenridge. Baltimore focuses on a group of college students whose lvies are shaken when someone draws an offensive picture […]

  • Civil Rights and The Arts

    Bennie G. Thompson Building 500 West County Line Road, Jackson, MS, United States

    This event will feature three key parts: An activism workshop, panels featuring guest speakers, and a film screening.   3:00-3:35 PM  "Social Justice Writing and Activism in the Arts" featuring […]

  • Representing the Experiences of Women: The Changeling

    Fleming Education Center USM Gulf Coast Campus, Long Beach, MS

    The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus premieres its spring 2019 Cultural Arts Series, "Representing the Experiences of Women, From the English Renaissance to Right Now." On February 25th, […]

  • SB: Mississippi Water: Shaped by the Past, Molding the Future

    Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Transportation Museum 318 7th St. N, Columbus, MS, United States

    With the flexibility to address multiple basin areas (including the Yazoo, Tennessee-Tombigbee, Big Black, Pearl, South Independent Streams, Pascagoula, and Coastal Streams), this presentation can be tailored to the particular […]

  • Ulysses S. Grant, Reconstruction, and Civil Rights

    Old Capitol Museum 100 South State Street, Jackson , MS

    Former Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Williams will present "Ulysses S. Grant, Reconstruction, and Civil Rights" at the Old Capitol Museum. Williams is the longtime president of the […]

  • SB: A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music

    Smilow Collegiate Public Charter School 787 E. Northside Drive, Jackson, 39206

    This presentation 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 […]

  • SB: Nursing Care in the 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic

    Nelson Student Union 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS

    The 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi resulted in an expansion of nursing care and the recognition of the importance of nurses in disaster care. Much nursing care was provided […]