• America250 Mississippi Grants Workshop

    Virtual Event

    Join the MHC program staff on Tuesday, September 2, from 2-3 p.m. for a Zoom webinar exploring America250 Mississippi grant opportunities. The webinar is free and open to all. Registration […]

  • Mississippi Freedom Trail Unveiling of Fulton Chapel Marker

    Fulton Chapel, University of Mississippi, Oxford 617 All American Drive, University, MS, United States

    The Fulton Chapel Protest was one of the most significant student-led demonstrations in our state's history. In February 1970, Black students organized a protest demanding fair treatment, more representation, and institutional […]

  • Sunday Screening: Lynching in History and Memory

    TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

    Join us for a screening of a series of short films, focused on racial violence and lynching, Bootjack and Red, My Father’s Name, and Sites of Memory at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 7, in […]

  • Mississippi Freedom Trail Unveiling of Dr. Clinton Battle Marker

    Mt. Beulah Missionary Baptist Church 310 Church Ave, Indianola, MS, United States

    Dr. Clinton Battle was a physician and civil rights leader in Indianola whose activism brought critical change to the Mississippi Delta. As president of the local NAACP chapter in the […]

  • Mississippi Book Festival

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

    Each year, the Mississippi Book Festival unites readers and authors in an exhilarating celebration of books. MHC is proud to be a sponsor of the festival since it began. We […]

  • Mississippi Freedom Trail Unveiling of Anne Moody Marker

    Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church 8755 Hwy 24 East, Centreville, MS, United States

    Anne Moody was a leading voice of the Civil Rights Movement through both her activist and her groundbreaking memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi. As a student at Tougaloo College, […]

  • Speakers Bureau: “Shalom Y’all: The History of Jews in Mississippi”

    Anguilla Methodist Church 631 Front St, Anguilla, MS, United States

    Dr. Stuart Rockoff presents: "Shalom Y'all: The History of Jews in Mississippi" In the early 19th century, Jewish immigrants from Europe began to arrive in the Magnolia State, settling initially […]

  • Remembering Emmett: From Silence to Social Change

    Columbus Arts Council Columbus , MS

    “Remembering Emmett: From Silence to Social Change” is an exhibit by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in support of the Community Read. This event is also supported by the Mississippi […]

  • Water Valley Literary Festival

    Bozarts Gallery 403 N Main St, Water Valley, MS, United States

    Save the date for our first annual Water Valley Literary festival, held at Bozarts Gallery.

  • Mississippi Freedom Trail Unveiling: The Howze Sisters

    The Howze Sisters' Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker 182 E. Eucutta St., Shubuta, MS, United States

    Mississippi Freedom Trail Unveiling: The Howze Sisters 182 E. Eucutta St., Shubuta, MS 11 a.m.   Read More

  • America250 Mississippi Grants Workshop

    Join the MHC program staff on Tuesday, October 7, from 2-3 p.m. for a Zoom webinar exploring America250 Mississippi grant opportunities. The webinar is free and open to all. Registration […]

  • Remembering Emmett: From Silence to Social Change

    Woodworth Chapel @ Tougaloo College 500 County Line Rd., Jackson, MS

    “Remembering Emmett: From Silence to Social Change” is an exhibit by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in support of the Community Read. This event is also supported by the Mississippi […]