• Reflecting Jackson Mississippi In The Blues

    Various Locations in Jackson; See Poster

    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 […]

    Free
  • “Voices and Votes” Smithsonian Exhibit in Vicksburg

    Catfish Row Museum 913 Washington Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi

    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 […]

  • A More Perfect Union

    Various Locations in Mississippi; See Description

    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, […]

    Free
  • How Do We Support Public Education

    Lake Terrace Convention Center One Convention Center Plaza, Hattiesburg, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Lunch and Learn with scholar Dr. Donald “Field” Brown

    Catfish Row Museum 913 Washington Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi

    Brown to lead program on the legacy of the ‘Vickburg Citizens’ Appeal.’ Brown characterizes the Vicksburg Citizens’ Appeal as “a racial uplift newspaper” that encouraged Black parents to attend PTA […]

    Free
  • Ideas on Tap “Banned Books: The Student Perspective”

    Hal & Mal's 200 Commerce Street, Jackson, MS, United States

    In the last year, school districts and libraries across Mississippi have begun restricting access to books deemed to have mature content. This means students in certain school districts no longer […]

    Free
  • “The Evers” Flim Screening

    Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street, Jackson, Mississippi

    On January 19 at 6:00 p.m., Millsaps will host a screening of the documentary film “The Evers.” The screening will be followed by a conversation between Reena Evers-Everette of the […]

    Free
  • “What We Can Learn From Dr. A.B. Holder

    Mississippi College 200 Capitol St., Clinton, MS

    Mississippi College presents a series of talks entitled, "What We Can Learn From _____." This talk features 19th-century Mississippi physician A.B. Holder presented by Dr. Courtney Thompson of MSU.  Following […]

    Free
  • Mississippi Founders Exhibit

    Mississippi College 200 Capitol St., Clinton, MS

    Mississippi Founders, sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities "A More Perfect Union" grant, will be hosted at Mississippi College for the month of […]

    Free
  • “Inaugural Ballers.” book signing with Andrew Maraniss

    Lemuria Book Store 4465 I-55 STE 20, Jackson, MS, United States

    Book Signing event with Andrew Maraniss:  "Inaugural Ballers. The True Story of the First U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team" From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes […]

    Free
  • Mississippi Founders Exhibit

    Mississippi College 200 Capitol St., Clinton, MS

    Mississippi College African American Studies presents MS Founders and Black Resistance. This exhibit is accompany to a speaker series presentation to address topics related to the exhibits themes. Dr. Kellie […]

    Free