Mississippi Humanities Council

SLIS Prison Program Lunch and Learn
2023-09-21 12:00 - 12:45 (America/Chicago) | MS
This Week via Zoom: Join MHC Project Coordinator Carla Falkner and others to learn about educational initiatives for incarcerated youth and adults.

Cacao and Chocolate: A Powerful Legacy
2023-09-18 08:00 - 2023-09-22 19:00 | Mississippi University for Women – Fant Memorial Library, 1200 5th Ave S, Columbus, MS, 39701, United States
COOKING AND CULTURE MEET DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AT THE W by Robert Scott
Mississippi University for Women will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with “Cacao and Chocolate: A Powerful Legacy,” a two-day event centering on Hispanic culture and cuisine.

“Events like ‘Cacao and Chocolate: A Powerful Legacy’ offer exceptional educational opportunities that go beyond traditional classrooms. For example, a team of interdisciplinary students has passionately delved into the theme, showcasing their research skills, creativity and sense of discovery,” said Dr. Reyna Vergara, assistant professor of Spanish and co-director of the event.
The interdisciplinary students will showcase what they discovered in their research Thursday, Sept. 21 from noon-1:30 p.m. in the demonstration kitchen of the Culinary Arts Institute. There also will be a chocolate tasting at the event.
Booklets featuring stories, messages and recipes from those involved with the event will be handed out to attendees.
Later in the day, from 6-7 p.m., the presentation “Transforming Traditional Feminine Spaces in El Eterno femenino, (in italics) ‘La muñeca menor,’ and Como agua para chocolate (in italics)” will take place. It will be held in Nissan Auditorium in Parkinson Hall in conjunction with the Fall Forum Series hosted by the Gordy Honors College.
“Cacao and Chocolate” will conclude with a cultural discussion and question and answer forum Friday, Sept. 22 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the northwest lobby of Fant Memorial Library led by Dr. Cecy Brooks, assistant professor of psychology and family studies.
“I believe interdisciplinary events like this foster collaboration between departments and subjects, like Spanish and biology, which helps with communication and building a stronger campus community. I also believe that it supports the goals of the liberal arts while helping students see that subjects that seem unrelated can actually be combined to create excellent learning experiences. It is also important to bring minority cultures to the forefront of our campus thoughts. We may even be able to reach a point where Hispanic students will seek out The W,” said Michael Dodson, science instructor and co-director of the event.
The entirety of “Cacao and Chocolate” is free and open to the public.

The event also allowed for an opportunity to reach outside of campus and partner with a nonprofit, El Centro. It is a Tupelo-based organization that, according to its website, “helps Hispanics and Northeast Mississippi residents integrate into the local community.”
Visit https://www.elcentrotupelo.org/ for more information.
It is the hope of the organizers that partnerships like this one will help expand Hispanic heritage events in the future and perhaps even change them to better fit the goal of inclusion.
“For the future, I’d like to explore further whether we should continue to align ourselves with the national Hispanic Heritage Month or adopt what might feel like a more inclusive name that has the potential of better reflecting our community’s identity,” Vergara said.
In addition to the three events, there will be an accompanying display set up in Fant Memorial Library the entirety of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15). It also will feature information about El Centro for anyone who is interested but was unable to attend one of the events.
“My hope is that we can recruit and serve more of the Hispanic/Latinx community creating an even more diverse campus. I believe diversity brings strength. Since we are working with El Centro, I hope that we can expand our ability to partner with this organization and possibly use their example in Columbus to help K-12 Hispanic students in the Golden Triangle,” Dodson said.
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This project was made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this (publication) (program) (exhibition) (website) do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Mississippi Humanities Council.

About The W
Located in historic Columbus, Mississippi, The W was founded in 1884 as the first state-supported college for women in the United States. Today, the university is home to 2,339 students in more than 70 majors and concentrations and has educated men for 40 years. The university is nationally recognized for low student debt, diversity and social mobility which empowers students to BE BOLD.
Be Bold. Tower with Blue.

Having Our Say: Women WriteHER Literary Arts Series
2023-09-15 10:00 - 19:00 | Washington County Convention Center, 1040 S. Raceway Road , Greenville , MS , 38703
One-day public literary program, during the three-day Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival in Greenville, featuring 13 authors, humanities scholars, literary artists, and creatives reflecting on southern women of the Civil Rights Movement.

Ideas on Tap
2023-09-14 17:00 - 19:00 | MS
The Mississippi Humanities Council presents Ideas on Tap, a thought-provoking series that brings together experts and the community to have good conversation and civil discussion about important issues facing our state. The topic of the evening will be “Land, Food & Power.”
This program will feature Dr. Bobby J. Smith II, Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robbie Pollard, Founder of Start 2 Finish Inc. and Happy Foods Project and a representative from Delta Fresh Food.

Date: September 14th
LOCATION: Club Ebony
404 Hanna Ave
Indianola, MS, 38751
TIME: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Mercy Train: Next Stop Bay St. louis, MS
2023-09-09 14:00 - 2023-09-10 14:00 | bay st louis little theatre, 398 Blaize Ave, Bay St Louis, 39520, United States
The one-act play outlines the history of Orphan Trains and tells the life stories of the five children who were adopted by Bay St. Louis families in 1909. The large cast of characters include at least 7 children and 10 adults.
Saturday, September 9 at 2pm and 7pm. Another performance Sunday Sept. 10 at 2pm. Admission is free.

The Harvest Film Screening
2023-08-31 17:15 - 20:00 | TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS, 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States
The Harvest Film Screening
Join us for the highly anticipated screening of The Harvest, a captivating film that tells the story of how school integration transformed the town of Leland, Mississippi.
Date: August 31, 2023
Time: 5:15 Reception w/hors d’oeuvres served
6:00pm Film Screening Begins
Author Douglas Blackmon will participate in a panel discussion after the film.
Location: Two Mississippi Museums, 222 North St #1206, Jackson, MS 39201
In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. After the 1954 Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, little more than token efforts were made to desegregate Southern schools. That changed dramatically on October 29, 1969, when the high court ordered that Mississippi schools to fully — and immediately — desegregate. As a result, a group of children, including six-year-old Blackmon, became part of the first class of Black and white children who would attend all 12 grades together in Leland.
Set against vast historic and demographic changes unfolding across America, The Harvest follows a coalition of Black and white citizens working to create racially integrated public schools in a cotton town in the middle of the Mississippi Delta, the most rigidly segregated area in America. It tells the extraordinary story of how that first class became possible, then traces the lives of Blackmon and his classmates, teachers and parents from the first day through high school graduation in 1982. It is a riveting portrait of how those children’s lives were transformed and how the town — and America — were changed. But as the film follows the lives of those children into the present, it is also a portrait of what our society has lost in its failure to finish the work begun a generation ago.
The Harvest

The Harvest World Premiere Film Screening
2023-08-30 17:15 - 20:00 | MS
The Harvest World Premiere Film Screening
Join us for the highly anticipated world premiere of The Harvest, a captivating film that tells the story of how school integration transformed the town of Leland, Mississippi.
Date: August 30, 2023
Time: 5:15 Reception w/hors d’oeuvres served
6:00pm Film Screening Begins
Author Douglas Blackmon will participate in a panel discussion after the film.
Location: Delta Research & Ext Center, Stoneville Road, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA
In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. After the 1954 Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, little more than token efforts were made to desegregate Southern schools. That changed dramatically on October 29, 1969, when the high court ordered that Mississippi schools to fully — and immediately — desegregate. As a result, a group of children, including six-year-old Blackmon, became part of the first class of Black and white children who would attend all 12 grades together in Leland.
Set against vast historic and demographic changes unfolding across America, The Harvest follows a coalition of Black and white citizens working to create racially integrated public schools in a cotton town in the middle of the Mississippi Delta, the most rigidly segregated area in America. It tells the extraordinary story of how that first class became possible, then traces the lives of Blackmon and his classmates, teachers and parents from the first day through high school graduation in 1982. It is a riveting portrait of how those children’s lives were transformed and how the town — and America — were changed. But as the film follows the lives of those children into the present, it is also a portrait of what our society has lost in its failure to finish the work begun a generation ago.
The Harvest World Premier

Possum Town Documentary
2023-08-22 13:00 - 15:00 | MS
This project began in the early 1970s in Columbus, Mississippi.
There, Dr. Berkley Hudson and his childhood friends discovered the life’s work of local “pictureman” Otis Noel (O.N.) Pruitt. They purchased the collection of 142,000 negatives in 1987 and spent the next 30 years archiving, researching, and preserving the work. Over those years, Hudson has discovered the stories behind Pruitt’s photographs, revealing complex and difficult truths. The collection was transferred in 2005 to the University of North Carolina.
Today, in partnership with Curatorial and with support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Missouri, and many private donors Pruitt’s work is now being featured in a nationally-traveling exhibition and a book published by UNC Press with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
The exhibition and its companion website, www.thepruittproject.com, feature images, film, period Mississippi music, spoken word, and a teaching and learning toolkit for teachers and their students. Exhibitions, symposia, book signings, and other events can be found on the website calendar.
Each aspect of the Pruitt Project encourages conversations within our own communities as we continue to search for a deeper understanding of culture and history in 21st-century America.

It’s in the Voices Documentary Screening
2023-08-13 14:00 - 16:30 | TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS, 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States
The Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) will partner with the Mississippi Film Office and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to screen It’s in the Voices, a documentary film that tells the story of a 1970 oral history project in Washington County, Mississippi, that examined topics regarding black educators in the Mississippi Delta and the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. A Q&A session with Field Humphrey, director of the documentary, will follow the screening. It’s in the Voices will be screened Sunday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m. in the Neilson Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson.
The Sunday Screenings partnership goal is to bring documentary films to public audiences each month for the next year. The MHC gives a special thanks to the Mississippi Film Office, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers for making these screenings possible.
Future screenings will be announced as films are confirmed.

"It's In the Voices" Documentary Screening
2023-08-13 14:00 - 16:30 | TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS, 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States
The Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) is partnering with the Mississippi Film Office and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to bring free, high-quality documentary film screenings to public audiences each month for the next year.
Up next is ” It’s in the Voices,” by filmmaker Field Humphrey. August 13th at 2:0m
Clint Bagley sits at a table in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and locates a cassette tape from 1975. On it is the interview, he conducted with Daisy Greene, an elderly woman from his hometown of Greenville, Mississippi. Clint plays the tape and listens to the voice of his long deceased friend. For Clint, Daisy’s tranquil, Delta accent carries the same weight it did so many years ago. He ruminates over Daisy’s words as she recalls her experiences as a Black educator in the Mississippi Delta and her story of survival during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. As Daisy’s story unfolds, we learn how her words sparked a nationally-recognized oral history program that chronicled disparate voices of the Mississippi Delta’s once progressive bastion.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmaker, Field Humphrey, and Clinton Bagley from the film.

Highway 61: Traveling America’s Music Highway
2023-08-11 10:00 - 17:00 | GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, 800 West Sunflower Rd, Cleveland , MS, 38732, United States
Highway 61: Traveling America’s Music Highway exhibit will tell the important history of Highway 61 and its impact on American music. The exhibit will be on display at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi in Cleveland, MS, through 2024.
August 11th – Exhibit opens to the public at 10:00 AM

Ideas on Tap
2023-07-27 17:30 - 19:00 | Soule Coffee and Bubble Tea, 2943 Old Canton Road, jackson, MS, 39216
Our next Ideas on Tap event will be July 27th from 5:30 – 7pm at Soule Coffee and Bubble Tea on Old Canton Road. The topic will be “Whats going on with boys today?” and will feature a discussion panel and question/answer session. To learn more about Ideas on Tap, contact our program and outreach officer, John Spann at jspann@mhc.state.ms.us

Landmarks in Humanities: Teaching Architecture, History and Culture with Historic Places
2023-07-24 09:00 - 2023-07-28 16:00 | GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, 800 West Sunflower Rd, Cleveland , MS, 38732, United States
Free summer youth workshop engaging middle school students with local architecture, history and culture.
Programming will take place at The Belmont 1857, a former plantation home in Greenville and the Grammy Museum Mississippi.

Landmarks in Humanities: Teaching Architecture, History and Culture with Historic Places
2023-07-17 09:00 - 2023-07-24 16:00, 2023-07-10 09:00 - 2023-07-14 16:00 | The Belmont 1857, 3498 MS-1, Wayside, MS, 38780

Coleman High Oral History Workshop
2023-07-14 08:00 - 2023-07-16 17:00 | Coleman Middle School, 400 MS-1, Greenville, MS, 38701
The Coleman High School Oral History project will conduct a comprehensive history of Greenville, MS Coleman High, that closed and converted to a middle school in 1970 as voiced by former students. The project will take place over 4-5 years. A recruitment training workshop is scheduled during the 3rd biannual Coleman Reunion July 14-16 to be administered by a JSU oral history professor Alissa Rae Funderburk.

Rosedale Freedom Project
2023-07-13 18:00 - 2023-07-14 20:00 | Rosedale Freedom Project, 705 Front Street, Rosedale, MS, 38769, United States
The Rosedale Freedom Project will begin with two 5-day intensive workshop for 7-12th grader students during the Freedom Summer Program. Eligible students are 7-12th graders in West Bolivar and Sunflower Counties. The workshops will be facilitated by Mississippi based Lanitx Poet C.T. Salazar.

The culmination of the project will be a public showcase in which families and community members will be invited to see performances of the poems. Visiting powers will be invited to attend in person and give a brief talk with the audience about their work with the Fellows.

The Future of Design Camp
2023-07-10 08:00 - 2023-07-17 17:00 | The Belmont 1857, 3498 MS-1, Wayside, MS, 38780
Landmarks in Humanities: Teaching Architecture, History and Culture Using Historic Places will occur over three weeks hosted by The Alex Foundation. A financial gift from the Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation to Alex Foundation will give rising 7th grade students in the Delta the opportunity to tour The Belmont 1857 (formerly Belmont Plantation) beginning July 10 and concluding July 25.
A Mississippi Humanities Council grant allowed Alex Foundation to purchase architecture supplies and materials; retain historian Catherine Gardner to introduce students to historic Nelson Street in Greenville; and retain an architect, Brandon Bibby to teach architecture and introduce students to The Belmont 1857 in Wayside, and Grammy Museum Mississippi in Cleveland.

Promised Land: The Story of Mound Bayou Screening
2023-07-02 14:00 - 16:30 | TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS, 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States
The Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) is partnering with the Mississippi Film Office and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to bring free, high-quality documentary film screenings to public audiences each month for the next year.
Up first will be Promised Land: The Story of Mound Bayou, a documentary film about a small town deep in the Mississippi Delta that holds a story unlike any other. Mound Bayou was founded in 1887 by formerly enslaved people who were on a mission unheard of at that time. The fertile, flat ground was the promised land that would show black Mississippians what the future could be. Here, they found independence, empowerment, and possibility. Promised Land: The Story of Mound Bayou will be screened Sunday, July 2, at 2 P.M. in the Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, accompanied by a presentation on Isaiah T. Montgomery, founder of Mound Bayou, by political scientist and Mound Bayou native Dr. Matthew Holden.

Juneteenth Festival
2023-06-17 12:00 - 17:00 | Holly Springs Historic Courthouse, 128 Van Dorn Ave, Holly Springs, MS, 38635, United States
Prepare for a full day of teach and learning African American History! The Juneteenth celebration consist of a Freedom Parade, Reenactment of Notification to African Americans being freed from slavery, Tour of Actual Slave quarters at Craft House and a full teaching and learning about slavery and Black History. Freedom parade starts at noon. The first tour of Slave Quarters will be at 1:00pm. There will be tents and tables set up around the Courthouse grounds with resources, information, arts & crafts, games, prizes and more. The program will begin immediately after the Slave Quarters tour at 1pm. There will be speakers on the History of Juneteenth, Genealogy, Slavery and Black History. There will also be singing and live music related to Juneteenth.

Juneteenth Celebration/Project Kickoff
2023-06-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Valena C. Jones School, Bay St. Louis, 39520, United States
A Juneteenth Celebration will be held at Valena C. Jones School on June 17, 2023, to announce the kickoff of an Oral History Project. The project is to begin collecting contact information for former teachers and students who are interested in participating in interviews. Juneteenth celebrates the independence of Black Americans, and the celebration is planned to entertain, educate and empower the Bay St. Louis community and surrounding area.
Hearing their stories is a powerful recognition of the struggle for civil rights, the barriers to education faces and the successful lives and careers of so many graduates of this school. The friends of the Valena C Jones School hopes to use this project as a springboard to create an exhibit about the school and the community leaders it formed.

The Legacy of Juneteenth: Are We Free?
2023-06-16 11:00 - 14:00 | The Orchid Bed and Breakfast, 628 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202
What is the legacy of freedom in Mississippi and what challenges are Black Mississippians facing today? Join us for this enlightening community conversation on the legacy of Juneteenth with some of our brightest scholars. This conversation will be focused on Black Mississippian’s liberation story and try to answer the question, “Are We Really Free?”

The program will last from 11am-2pm. We will start the conversation at 11:15am and have it last till 12:30pm. A 15minute Q&A session will follow. Free Food will be served.

In the Bones Movie Premiere
2023-06-15 18:30 - 21:00 | Capri Theatre, 3023 N State St,, Jackson, 39216, United States
The Mississippi Humanities Council and The Southern Poverty Law Center are co-sponsoring the Jackson premiere screening of the Mississippi-based documentary, IN THE BONES, directed by Kelly Duane de la Vega and produced by Jessica Anthony. The Screening is at the Capri Theatre June 15th at 6:30pm.
Having previously screened at the New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, San Francisco DOCFEST (where it won the audience award), and Oxford Film Festivals, as well as internationally in Berlin, Sydney, Tokyo and Dubai, IN THE BONES will have its Jackson premiere on Thursday, June 15th, at 6:30 p.m. at the historic Capri Theatre in Fondren, followed by a panel discussion with director Kelly Duane de la Vega, producer Jessica Anthony and local community leaders.
In the Bones is a lyrical documentary that explores the personal and political by interweaving the lives of 12 characters living in Mississippi during a legislative session in which equal pay for equal work and abortion rights are being decided. Although set in three distinct regions of Mississippi, In the Bones is a much broader exploration of our culture, an unsettling portrayal of America that lingers, shining a light on the weight women live under in this country and also the resilience expressed in everyday acts of survival. View the trailer for In the Bones here: threeframes.org/in-the-bones.

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer (theatre project)
2023-06-08 19:00 - 2023-06-11 15:00 | Montogomery County Performing Arts Center, 208 Summit St, Winona, 38967, United States
The performance is a theatrical adaptation of the award winning children’s book Voices of Freedom Fannie Lou Hamer Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement authored by Carol Boston Weatherford. The actors are faith, school and civic community members in Winona and the counties of Mongomery and Carroll.
Voices of Freedom chronicles Mrs. Hamer’s life from childhood through the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. At the conclusion of each performance, there will be an opportunity for audience members to ask questions and share commentary of their experiences.

E-STEAM Summer Camp
2023-06-05 08:00 - 2023-06-30 14:00 | iVilliage Community House, 1225 Robinson Street, Jackson, MS, 39203, United States
The Center for Social Entrepreneurship will provide a free E-STEAM Summer Camp to promote entrepreneurship, STEAM, and the arts 4th and 5th graders residing in West Jackson, MS. The four week camp is scheduled for June 2023 with daily sessions Monday-Friday 8:—2:00. Cap will be help at iVilliage Community House to provide easy access for neighborhood children.

M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge Freedom Trail Marker
2023-06-04 10:00 - 12:00 | MS
– On June 4, the historic M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge will be added to the Mississippi Freedom Trail. Visit Jackson, Visit Mississippi, and the Mississippi Humanities Council are organizing the unveiling ceremony that will be a part of the M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge Homecoming activities that day. The historic site served as a sanctuary for Masons of Jackson and the Jackson Civil Rights Movement. At one time, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and other civil rights organizations of Mississippi had their central offices within the Stringer Lodge.
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party organized and chose delegates during a conference at the Lodge to represent the party at the 1964 Democratic Convention. Those delegates later became catalysts for the expansion of voting rights to all Americans. The Lodge also served as Medgar W. Evers’ second Jackson office working as the field secretary for the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP. The current Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, led by Charles Taylor, is still housed in the M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge.
Join us on June 4 at 10:00 A.M. for the unveiling of the marker outside in the Lodge’s parking lot. The ceremony is open to the public.

Cottrell Street Festival Symposium
2023-05-12 12:00 - 16:00 | northside christian church, 155 Cottrell Street, West Point, MS, 39773, Andorra
Cottrell Street is one of the most historic streets in the City of WestPoint and leaders wanted to spread some of the history to those who don’t know much about it.
Cottrell Street used to be the life of West Point in the 50’s and 60’s but things died down after that. Now town leaders and residents want to restore the celebration and tell the story of the street at a symposium held during the weekend festival help May 12, 2023. The symposium will educate the community of the importance of and education THEN during segregation and integration compared to NOW.

IOT - Addressing the Gender Divide in Mississippi Politics
2023-04-26 17:30 - 19:00 | Cultivation Food Hall, 1200 Eastover Drive #125, Jackson, MS, 39211, United States

ICC 2023 Humanities Showcase
2023-04-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Itawamba Community College, 602 W Hill Street, Fulton, MS, 38843
On Monday, April 24th, ICC Fulton campus library will have a Humanities Showcase from 2 to 4. It is the final event in our year-long series “Reflecting Mississippi: Finding Yourself in Mississippi’s Reflection.”
The showcase will be broken into four segments of twenty minutes each:
(2:00-2:10 — Welcome and Overview)
2:10-2:30 — Philosophy and Ethics
2:40-3:00 — Literature and History
3:10-3:30 — Linguistics
3:40-4:00 — Comparative Religion
Each segment will open with a scholarly overview, followed by four students reading their work.
During the ten-minute breaks, people can come and go, enjoy refreshments, and browse the numerous posters of student work that will be displayed in the library. The event is open to the public.

Behind the Big House Program & Tour ( 2023)
2023-04-20 - 2023-04-22 | Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs, Inc., 184 S Memphis St, Holly Springs, MS, 38635-2919, United States
Behind the Big House is one of few historic site tours developed with the specific goal of interpreting slavery. The program began with several private homeowners in Holly Springs, Mississippi, who opened slave houses on their properties to the public. Since 2012, the program has educated thousands in North Mississippi and Arkansas. This year, Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs, Inc. will continue to provide a more complete narrative of our town and its history, as a template for others to follow. The programs has now moves beyond alignment with the Pilgrimage dates to accommodate the growing interest among school groups.
In 2014, Preserve Marshall County and Holly Springs, Inc. received the Mississippi Heritage Trust’s Heritage Award for Preservation Education for the Behind the Big House program. In 2015, it received the Mississippi Humanities Council Preserver of Mississippi Culture Award, as well as a Mississippi Historical Society Award of Merit. In 2018, the National Humanities Alliance launched its Humanities for All website, which is a catalog of nearly 1500 publicly-engaged projects. Behind the Big House is one of 51 featured programs to have an extended profile on this website.
