On August 2, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Dr. James Giesen of the MHC’s Speakers Bureau to present his free and open to the public lecture “Water Ways: […]
Rebecca Moore Jernigan is an internationally recognized scholar and professional storyteller who resides in Oxford.
On August 9, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Dr. Brinda Willis of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public lecture titled “Why […]
Anne McKee is recognized statewide as a passionate teacher of Mississippi history. Through the art of storytelling, Anne McKee uplifts the accomplishments of famous Mississippians and shares explores the history […]
When the Civil War brought an end to slavery, cotton plantation owners sought inexpensive labor replacements and some of the earliest Chinese to the Delta were recruited for this purpose. […]
On August 16, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host a program titled "Keep America Beautiful" in partnership with the Keep Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful group. This program will feature a […]
The Mississippi Book Festival, a nonprofit founded by literacy advocates, launched in August 2015 on the State Capitol grounds and continues to draw thousands to its annual “literary lawn party” […]
This presentation begins with a performance of Delta blues songs from legendary Delta bluesmen and is followed by an overview of Delta blues and how it spread from the 1920s […]
A deep dive panel discussion on prison education that will examine links between literacy and incarceration, literacy and the inmate experience behind bars and literacy and the re-entry into society. […]
On August 25, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Anne McKee of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public lecture titled "All Things […]
This talk traces the roots of the modern civil rights movement to World War II, a movement that began long before the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 […]
The Oxford Film Festival will host a screening of All The Difference at the Burns Belfry on August27 at 630 p.m. The largely invisible and often crushing struggles of young […]
