• The Impact of Rap Music on Today’s Youth

    zoom

    Community Library Mississippi presents The Impact of Rap Music on Today's Youth Community Speaking Series presented Malesha Smith live on Zoom and Facebook Live. Get your tickets at eventbrite.com  or […]

    Free
  • Meridian History Walk

    Meridian, MS

    From the Civil War burning of Meridian to a tornado wiping out the city’s business district 1906, the history of the Queen City will come alive for area residents Saturday […]

    Free
  • Oral History Workshop

    Tell Your Story Stories guide our work and are the threads that bring communities together and connect people to the things they're passionate about. We're proud to partner with the […]

    Free
  • Grants Workshop

    Register today! Join representatives from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for Humanities virtually to learn more about funding opportunities through grants other resources. Questions or […]

    Free
  • Public Humanities Awards

    TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

    The Mississippi Humanities Council announced the winners of its 2023 Public Humanities Awards recognizing outstanding work in preserving and sharing Mississippi’s unique history and culture. The awards ceremony will be […]

  • Banned Book Festival

    Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street, Jackson, Mississippi

    Millsaps College will host its very first Banned Books Festival on March 25, 2023. Increasingly, multitudes of books have been banned from public school libraries for their subject matter—for example, […]

  • The Twenty-Ninth Oxford Conference for the Book

    The Overby Center 555 Grove Loop, University, MS, United States

    Founded by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Square Books, the Oxford Conference  for the Book brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, artists, poets, publishers, teachers, […]

    Free
  • Ideas on Tap – The Women who Run our State

    Cultivation Food Hall 1200 Eastover Drive #125, Jackson, MS, United States

    According to the 2016 Clarion Ledger article, “The Women who Run our State”, “Of 172 legislative seats at the state Capitol, only 25 are filled by women.” Now in 2023, […]

    Free
  • Shell-Carving with Alex Alvarez

    USM Liberal Arts Building 114 N. 31st Ave., Hattiesburg, MS

    Medicine Wheel Garden Event at USM Hattiesburg Campus The Center of American Indian Research and Studies (CAIRS) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is partnering with the Mississippi Humanities […]

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  • Bootjack and Red Historical Marker

    Duck Hill, MS 312 Main Street, Duck Hill, MS, United States

    A historical marker commemorating the tragic lynching and torture deaths of Robert “Bootjack” McDaniels and Roosevelt “Red” Townes will be unveiled in Duck Hill, Mississippi on April 13, 2023. The […]

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  • What We Can Learn From… Lecture Series

    Mississippi College presents a series of talks entitled, “What We Can Learn From _____.” This talk features Dr. Christopher Snyder presenting "Never Laugh at Dragons," What We Can Learn from J.R.R. […]

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