SB: Mississippi Telling
The presenter provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America with emphasis upon the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling […]
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O.B. McClinton Foundation grounds 2106 Gravel Springs Rd., Senatobia, MS
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SB: A Look at Mande Culture through Traditional Music
Kemetic Institute of Mound Bayou 205 N. Edwards Ave., Mound Bayou, MSThis presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the […]
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Ideas on Tap: Look At Me: Image and Identity in the Digital Age
Coffee Prose 1619 N West St, Jackson, MS, United StatesOn July 16, join the Mississippi Humanities Council and Millsaps College Visiting Writers Series at Coffee Prose Midtown for a conversation on identity in the digital age. The Ideas on […]
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Old Asylum History Days
School of Health Related Professions Building, University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS, United StatesAre you the descendant of someone who was a patient or employee at the Mississippi State Insane Hospital between 1855 and 1935? You are invited to tell your story! This […]
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SB: A Look at Mande Culture Through Traditional Music
Clinton YMCA 400 Lindale Street, Clinton, MSThis presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the […]
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SB: A Look at Mande Culture through Traditional Music
O.B. McClinton Foundation grounds 2106 Gravel Springs Rd., Senatobia, MSThis presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the […]
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SB: A Look at Mande Culture through Traditional Music
China Grove AME Church 1060 Mannsdale Road, Madison, MSThis presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the […]
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SB: The Asylum Hill Cemetery Project
Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County 329 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MSThe Mississippi Insane Asylum was established in Jackson in 1855 and operated in this location until 1935. During this period, a cemetery was maintained on the asylum grounds in which […]
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Let Us March On: Lee Friedlander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University 1400 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS, United StatesLet Us March On: Lee Fieldander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom is a documentary photography exhibition that details the events and people who participated in one of […]
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Let Us March On: Lee Friedlander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University 1400 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS, United StatesLee Friedlander, Untitled, from the series Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, 1957, printed later. Gelatin silver print. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Maria and Lee Friedlander, Hon. 2004. Courtesy of […]
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Ideas on Tap Hernando: The Future of Public Education in Mississippi
DeSoto Arts Council 2465 Highway 51 South, Hernando, MS, United StatesOn August 13, join the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Phil Hardin Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi in Hernando for the first in a special two-part Ideas on […]
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Ideas on Tap Tupelo: The Future of Public Education in Mississippi
The Thirsty Devil 202 Main St, Tupelo, MS, United StatesOn August 15, join the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Phil Hardin Foundation in Tupelo for the first in a special two-part Ideas on Tap series on public education in […]
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