Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Allison Abra (University of Southern Mississippi) will present her public lecture, "Overlooked No More: Women's History in the Classroom and Beyond." Reception to follow. This lecture will explore strategies for restoring the voices and experiences of “overlooked” women in the history classroom and historical scholarship. It will reflect on how […]
On March 19, join the Mississippi Humanities Council for the second in a two-part series on criminal justice in Mississippi. The March 19 program, "Locked Out: Criminal Justice in Mississippi" will examine the process of re-entry back into society for formerly-incarcerated individuals. Hear from former Parchman inmate Eddie Spencer, Mississippi Center for Justice Advocacy Director […]
"The Struggle Continues: Equity in Education" is a series of three lectures that centers on the history of equity in public education. The series will examine today's political climate and the role of the federal, state, and local governments in education, and will consider the ways citizens can play a role in equity in education. […]
Diane Williams, storyteller and fiber artist, begins her presentation with a discussion of Kente cloth weaved fibers of West Africa and moves on to utilitarian quilts made by African slaves in America who sewed for their owners. She provides a reflective look at how the designs of Underground Railroad quilts relate to storytelling, and explores […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Ginny Leonard (East Mississippi Community College) will present her public lecture, "Literature in Relief: Healing in the Human Spirit." Reception to follow. The strength of the written word does not rely on simple fact-giving or storytelling. Instead, the true power of literature rests in its ability to soothe and heal the […]
On March 21, join the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the Annex at Rafter's Music and Food in Oxford for "Ideas on Tap: The Future of Journalism." This special Oxford edition of Ideas on Tap will focus on the role of community journalism in our society and […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Mikki Galliher (Blue Mountain College) will present her public lecture titled, "Fallen Ministers and Reformed Seductresses in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Alice Cary's Hagar, A Story of Today." Reception to follow. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic text has much in common with another novel, Hagar, A Story for Today by […]
Music of this period played on the Appalachian Mountain dulcimer, banjo-mier and wooden spoons. Period clothing worn. Audience may help play the spoons. Speakers Expertise: Mr. Arinder has studied Early American and Native American cultures for nearly 50 years, assembling a sizeable collection of artifacts which he uses to leade living history programs for local […]
Award-winning journalist Alysia Burton Steele’s Delta Jewels: In Search of My Grandmother’s Wisdom is a visual and lyrical tribute to African American church mothers from the Mississippi Delta. This groundbreaking collection of oral histories and photographs tells nationally and internationally significant stories rooted in the Mississippi Delta, a distinctive region called “The Cradle of American Culture” by […]
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 of the wall of their residence hall. The play shines light on issues of equality, racism, community, and the question of who gets to belong […]
The Winning the Race Conference was developed with three overarching goals: engage in conversations with campus and community constituencies that will build an appreciation for diversity differences and a spirit of community through shared ideas; promote a broad discourse on race relations by building conversations to bring together diverse communities in the Delta through sharing of […]
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 March 25, a bi-partisan panel of female politicians from south Mississippi will reflect on their careers in local and state politics. “The theme, ‘Representing the Experiences of Women, […]
