Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in Mississippi Program continues to shine a much-needed spotlight on the threats facing Mississippi's historic places and works with local […]
On October 29, join the Mississippi Humanities Council at Hal & Mal's for the second in a three-part series on American identity. The October 29 program will focus on patriotism: […]
The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of Central and West Africans who came from different ethnic and social groups. They were enslaved together on the isolated sea and barrier […]
Alcorn State University's Phi Alpha Theta & History Club will host the viewing of the documentary The Parchman Ordeal: The Untold Story, on November 6 at 1pm. Immediately following the documentary […]
Continuing the work of the University of Mississippi's Rethinking Mass Incarceration in the South conference in 2014 ad 2016 and Harvard's Beyond the Gates conference in 2018, […]
On December 10, join the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Women's Foundation of Mississippi at Hal and Mal's in Jackson for the third in a three-part series on American identity. […]
The Local History and Genealogy Department of Biloxi Public Library recently received a donation of over 36,000 negatives of weddings, events, families, land aerials, and historic buildings by Chauncey Hinman. […]
Through its "Bridging Cultures" Program, the International Museum of Muslin Cultures utilizes its two signature exhibitions: "Muslims with Christians and Jews: An Exhibition of Covenants and Coexistence," and "The Legacy […]
Through its "Bridging Cultures" Program, the International Museum of Muslin Cultures utilizes its two signature exhibitions: "Muslims with Christians and Jews: An Exhibition of Covenants and Coexistence," and "The Legacy […]
In the spring of 1970, college and university students across the country protested against the Vietnam War, racism, gender oppression, and a host of other issues, at times leading to […]
After the Civil War, African Americans in the South, newly freed, expressed a tangible optimism that led to the reuniting of families, the development of social institutions like the black […]
Black women in Mississippi actively participated in the suffrage movement after the Civil War. They fought actively for women’s suffrage even as they supported Black men and passage of the […]
