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  • 2017 Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture

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

    The Delta State Community is hosting the 2017 Sammy I. Cranford Memorial History Lecture. Dr. Calvin White, Jr., Associated Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University […]

  • 2017 Petal Southern Miss Powwow

    Willie Hinton Park 718 S. Main Street, Petal, MS, United States

    Mississippi has been home to numerous Indian tribes including Choctaws, Chickasaws, Natchez, Creeks, Houmas and others. Mississippi History begins with these tribes. Powwows are events where Native Americans and others […]

    Free

  • Speakers Bureau: Flannery O’Connor: In Her Own Words

    Quisenberry Library Clinton MS 605 E. Northside Drive , Clinton , MS

    A dramatic monologue drawn from the nonfiction prose of Flannery O’Connor. The one-woman show incorporates O’Connor’s opinions on a variety of subjects, including writing, other writers, religion, and peacocks. Beverly […]

    No Cost

  • Speakers Bureau: Mississippi in the Great War

    Pontotoc County Library 111 North Main Street , Pontotoc, MS, United States

    School textbooks rarely mention much about the Great War — World War I. Although the United States only participated in the final two yeas of the conflict, it changed the […]

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  • Behind the Big House program & tour

    Behind the Big House: Preserving the Histories and Architecture of Slavery is an educational program initiated by Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs, Inc. held in conjunction with the Annual […]

    Free

  • Icons of Statehood comes to Winona

    Winona- Montgomery County Public Library 115 N Quitman St, Winona, MS, United States

    On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the nation's twentieth state. Starting in 2016 a new traveling exhibit featuring Mississippi's first constitution and the first U.S. flag to include a star […]

    Free

  • “Wade In Witness” Remembrance Program and Roll Call

    Gruich Community Center 591 Howard Ave, Biloxi , MS

    Fifty-Seven years ago, Biloxi's beaches were restricted to white persons only. In 1960, local African American residents led by physician, Dr. Gilbert Mason, Sr., waded into the waters of the […]

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  • Speaker Bureau: The Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary Times

    Fondren Presbyterian Church 3220 Old Canton Rd, Jackson , MS

    Flonzie Wright Brown has been involved in the Civil Rights Movement since 1963. Her presentation examines the role of youths in the movement, the importance of women in the struggle, […]

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  • Speakers Bureau: The Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary Times

    Fondren Presbyterian Church 3220 Old Canton Rd, Jackson , MS

    Flonzie Wright Brown has been involved in the Civil Rights Movement since 1963. Her presentation examines the role of youths in the movement, the importance of women in the struggle, […]

    No Cost

  • Speakers Bureau: Music of the War Between the States

    Brice's Crossroads Battlefield 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway , Tupelo, MS, United States

    Music of this period played on the Appalachian Mountain dulcimer, banjo-mier and wooden spoons. Period clothing worn. Audience may help play the spoons. Mr. Arinder has studied Early American and […]

    Free

  • The Lebanese in America traveling exhibit

    The Museum of Mississippi Delta 1608 Highway 82 West , Greenwood , MS

    The Lebanese in America traveling exhibit is coming to The Museum of the Mississippi Delta in Greenwood April 17-May 12, 2017. The exhibit contains eight narrative pop-up displays with photographs, […]

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