Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Greenville Join MHC in Greenville for the Spark! Places of Innovation tour of Mississippi! August 22-October 3, 2026 Greenville Higher Education Center at Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville Campus 662-332-8500 | msdelta.edu/ghec/ Exhibit hours: Across 2026-2027, the Mississippi Humanities Council presents Spark! Places of Innovation, a Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring […]
Rebecca Jernigan presents “Mississippi Telling.” Join scholar Rebecca Jernigan as she provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America, with an emphasis on the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families and our communities, as reflected in the works […]
Join Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for a special America250 community celebration featuring the unveiling of a one-of-a-kind quilt created by children from across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Through their artwork, young participants have shared their hopes and dreams for the future of Mississippi and America. The evening will feature the official community quilt unveiling, the […]
Grand Opening of Spark!: Places of Innovation at the Greenville Higher Education Center on the Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville campus. This session will highlight some of the workforce and industry opportunities offered by the city. Business partners will unpack what drew them to the city and why they chose to invest their projects in the […]
Ghost in the Machine Tuesday, September 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Capri Theatre Ghost in the Machine will be screening at the Capri Theatre on Tuesday, September 8, at 6:30 p.m., thanks to a partnership between the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Mississippi Film Society, and Mississippi AI Collaborative. The documentary examines the human labor, cultural […]
Rev. Tracy Collins presents "Before Natchez: A Journey Through Humanity’s Deep South" on September 9, at 2:30 p.m. This presentation captures Dr. Tracy “Rev” Collins’s descent into the intricate layers of history–an exploration that blurs the boundaries between myth, memory, and human experience in the Deep South. Before Natchez traces the evolution of humanity in the region […]
This is the last of the series of luncheon lectures coming to the MS Ag & Forestry Museum. The highlight of this lecture will be How We Pickled Our Food: 1850 - 1920. In the Heritage Center Auditorium, September 11th from Noon - 1PM. Join Research Historian Casey Heilman, for an opportunity to sample some […]
This session is part of the Spark!: Places of Innovation exhibit at the Greenville Higher Education Center on the Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville campus. This session will feature MDCC’s collaborative work between the South Delta Planning and Development District, The Industrial Company (TIC), and the Capps Center to create an innovative workforce pipeline […]
The Mississippi Stories Grant program, supported by the Mississippi Legislature and the Mississippi Department of Archives & History, is designed to help Mississippians share the stories that matter most to them and their communities. The Mississippi Stories program is rooted in the idea that some of our most meaningful history is found in the voices […]
James “Jim” Giesen presents “Ain’t That America? History and Culture in the Country" Since 1920 the number of farmers in America has been dropping, yet the place of farming — and of rural life generally — in the American mind is stronger than ever. The images we encounter in country songs, labels at the grocery […]
Grady Howell presents "'Stand Fast Mississippians!' The First Regiment ‘Mississippi Rifles’ during the War with Mexico, 1846-1848" “Stand Fast Mississippians!” Is a thoroughly researched, nonfiction narrative, detailing as completely as possible the history of Col. Jefferson Davis’ First Regiment “Mississippi Rifles” during the American War with Mexico.
Thomas D. Lewis presents "Language, race, and identity in the Gulf South" Ideas about language are ideas about people. This means that the ways we think about languages and dialects are necessarily connected to the ways we think about the people who use those dialects and languages. This presentation explores how this fact shapes the […]
