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  • Shange’s Sojourn: Women, Art, & Activism

    Jackson State University 1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS

    "Shange's Sojourn: 'Somebody almost walked off with alla my stuff!' Women, Art, & Activism" is a celebration of Women's History Month recognizing Ntozake Shange's legacy as established bby the release […]

  • The Twenty-Sixth Oxford Conference for the Book

    Various Locations in Oxford; Visit Website for More Information

    Founded by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Square Books, the conference brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, artists, poets, publishers, teachers, students, and literacy advocates […]

  • SB: Rethinking Mass Incarceration for a Better Way Forward

    Hines Hall Auditorium 101 Cunningham Blvd., Booneville, MS

    This presentation consists of a brief introduction of the current state of incarceration in America and Mississippi. Dr. Pickett will then share with the audience the long history of incarceration […]

  • Behind the Big House

    Hugh Craft House 184 S. Memphis St., Holly Springs, MS

    The Behind The Big House Tour is uncovering the truth about slavery in antebellum Holly Springs.  Re-enactors channel the lives of enslaved people in the houses where they actually lived. […]

  • MHC Public Humanities Awards and Gala

    Old Capitol Museum 100 South State Street, Jackson , MS

    The Mississippi Humanities Council will hold its Public Humanities Awards and Gala April 5, 2019, at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson. The awards recognize outstanding work by Mississippians in […]

  • Let the World See What I’ve Seen

    Museum of the Mississippi Delta 1608 Hwy 82 West, Greenwood, MS

    The murder of Emmett Till remains fresh in our memory as evidenced by recent articles in the Clarion Ledger by a variety of authors particularly since the reopening of the case by […]

  • “Mississippi Justice” Film Screening and Panel

    MC Law CNS Building 151 E. Griffith Street, Jackson, MS

    NMHS Unlimited Productions and the Mississippi Humanities Council present the documentary film “Mississippi Justice,” a film based on actual events that occurred in Pike County, Mississippi in 1951.  This event […]

  • “Mississippi Justice” Film Screening and Panel

    Jackson State University 1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS

    NMHS Unlimited Productions and the Mississippi Humanities Council present the documentary film “Mississippi Justice,” a film based on actual events that occurred in Pike County, Mississippi in 1951.  This event is free […]

  • 2019 Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture

    Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United States

    The 2019 annual Sammy O. Craford Memorial History Lecture will take place Thursday, April 11. This year, Dr. Joseph Crespino (Jimmy Carter Professor of American History at Emory University) will […]

  • Everywhere with Roy Lewis

    Jackson State University 1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS

    The Margaret Walker Center presents the photography exhibition Everywhere with Roy Lewis as part of its 13th annual student conference at Jackson State University. Roy Lewis has been a celebrated black photographer […]

  • SB: Robert Johnson at the Crossroads

    Lee County Library 219 N. Madison Street, Tupelo, MS

    In colorful costume,storytellers Rebecca Jernigan and Wendy Garrison retell the tale of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. With music, drama and sign language, they recount his fateful encounter with the Prince […]