Anne McKee is recognized statewide as a passionate teacher of Mississippi history. Through the art of storytelling, Anne McKee uplifts the accomplishments of famous Mississippians and shares explores the history […]
When the Civil War brought an end to slavery, cotton plantation owners sought inexpensive labor replacements and some of the earliest Chinese to the Delta were recruited for this purpose. […]
On August 16, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host a program titled "Keep America Beautiful" in partnership with the Keep Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful group. This program will feature a […]
The Mississippi Book Festival, a nonprofit founded by literacy advocates, launched in August 2015 on the State Capitol grounds and continues to draw thousands to its annual “literary lawn party” […]
This presentation begins with a performance of Delta blues songs from legendary Delta bluesmen and is followed by an overview of Delta blues and how it spread from the 1920s […]
A deep dive panel discussion on prison education that will examine links between literacy and incarceration, literacy and the inmate experience behind bars and literacy and the re-entry into society. […]
On August 25, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Anne McKee of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public lecture titled "All Things […]
This talk traces the roots of the modern civil rights movement to World War II, a movement that began long before the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 […]
The Oxford Film Festival will host a screening of All The Difference at the Burns Belfry on August27 at 630 p.m. The largely invisible and often crushing struggles of young […]
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council at Lucky Town Brewing Company for the third and final installment in our summer series "Ideas on Tour." On August 28, we'll examine the idea of cultural appropriation […]
The Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, from August 31 through October 13. Water/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main […]
On Friday, August 31, the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit Water/Ways will officially open at the Lower Mississippi River Foundation in Clarksdale. The grand opening event will be the first time for the […]
