"Democratic Faith in Dark Times" will be a meditation on piety, faith, and the transformative potential of self and society. Melvin Rogers grew up in the Bronx and was educated […]
THURSDAY CINEMA EVENT: February 21, 2019 6:00-7:15p.m.: Mark Brockway and Tim Givens present: Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson 7:30 p.m.: Beverly Adams and Mark LaFrancis present: Making the […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Rev. Dr. Jo Baldwin (Mississippi Valley State University) will present her public lecture, "Introductions and the Social Trinity." Reception to follow "Introductions and My Social Trinity" […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Jay Wilson (Holmes Community College) will present his public lecture, "Mississippi's Monumental Men: Jefferson Davis and J.Z. George." Reception to follow For the last several years […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Phoenix Savage (Tougaloo College) will present her public lecture titled, "Making as a Revolutionary Act: Black women Artist and the Forging of New Societies." Reception to […]
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, […]
