From traditional green historical markers to the Mississippi Blues Trail, Freedom Trail, Country Music Trail, and Mississippi Mound Trail, the state’s history is told along its roads. The speaker takes […]

This year's festival will include a tour through Clarksdale's historic district and other downtown areas; a MDTW festival reunion and a look at festivals past; a movie screening of the […]

MC School of Humanities and Social Sciences present Dr. Kevin Greene and "What We Can Learn from Big Bill Broonzy, Hall of Fame Blues Musician" Thursday Oct. 20th at 7:00 […]

Crystal Wilkinson’s poetry collection Perfect Black is a reflective love letter to Black girlhood navigating rural homeplace, her developing body, sexual trauma, mental health, food culture, and literary landscapes. She […]

Now that we have addressed the digital divide in the state with our past IOT event, we want to discuss the future of tech in Mississippi. So, on Wednesday November […]

The Central Mississippi Blues Society, Inc., with support from Visit Jackson, the Mississippi Humanities Council, South Arts, Mississippi Blues Foundation and affiliates National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for […]

The Catfish Row Museum in Vicksburg will host Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from November 19, 2022 until January 20, 2024. The exhibit is free […]

The exhibit honors 12 individuals that challenged Mississippi and America to be a more perfect union, truly expanding liberty and justice for all. These twelve individuals are: Fannie Lou Hamer, […]

As part of the "Democracy and the Informed Citizen" Initiative, administered by the Mississippi Humanities Council with support from the Mellon Foundation, the staff of The Pine Belt News will […]