Voice From the Sit-In – Mississippi Delta Movie Premiere
On March 10, 1969 52 students were arrested at the Black Students sit-in and spent the night at Parchman Penitentiary. This film tells the story of the sit-in from the […]
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Bologna Performing Arts Center Lobby Highway 8 West, Cleveland, MS
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SB – Woodrick – The History of Mississippi’s Mascots (and a Few Others, Too)
East Mississippi Community College - Scooba Campus 1512 Kemper Street, Scooba, MSMarino Casem, the longtime coach at Alcorn State University and Southern University, once famously stated that “in the South, college football is a religion, and every Sunday is a holy […]
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Ideas On Tap: Rural Education in Mississippi
Online EventJoin us on Facebook Live as we present Ideas On Tap: Rural Education in Mississippi, a virtual panel discussion on October 5 at 5:30pm. This program was inspired by the […]
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Civil War: Who Do We Think We Are? – Screening and Panel Discussion
TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United StatesOn October 6, the MHC will partner with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to host a screening and panel discussion of the documentary film Civil War (or Who Do We Think […]
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SB – Mitchell – A New History of Mississippi
Trinity Episcopal Church 305 S. Commerce St., Natchez, MSThe talk, accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, will present the case for a new understanding of Mississippi’s past. The speaker will argue that the Eurocentric past account ignored the role […]
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2021 MS Delta Tennessee Williams Festival
Cutrer Mansion 109 Clark St, Clarksdale, MS, United StatesThe 29th Annual Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival seeks to build on last year's successful virtual festival with a hybrid in-person socially distanced festival that will stream all the programming […]
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SB – Giesen – Boll Weevil Blues: Cotton and Myth in Mississippi
East Mississippi Community College - Scooba Campus 1512 Kemper Street, Scooba, MSIn the early 20th century the cotton boll weevil, a nasty little beetle that had already destroyed millions of pounds of cotton in Texas and Louisiana, stood on the western […]
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Fighting Sexism, Racism and Corruption in the Community with the Guerilla Girls
Online EventMississippi University for Women will partner with the Guerrilla Girls, a group of feminist activists that uses political art to fight sexism, racism and corruption in society, for a virtual […]
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“Light in the Piazza” Conversation
Paris-Yates Chapel 60 Chapel Lane, University, MS, United StatesAt noon Nov. 3 in the Paris-Yates Chapel on the University of Mississippi campus, Adam Guettel, Blake McIver and Mary Donnelly Haskell will have a conversation about Elizabeth Spencer’s novella […]
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Community Meeting- Natchez US Colored Troops Monument Project
Natchez Convention Center 211 Main Street, Natchez, MSThe public is invited to attend a community meeting on the Natchez US Colored Troops Monument project at 6:00pm on Wednesday, Nov. 10th at the Natchez Convention Center. The purpose […]
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Brennan Collins Discussion Program – Historical Society of Gulfport
Vestry 11213 US 49, Gulfport, MS, United StatesThe Historical Society of Gulfport will meet Thursday, November 11, 2021, from 6-7 pm at the Vestry (formerly St. Matthew's Lutheran Church). Brennan Collins, Research Center Coordinator, will discuss his […]
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