Speaker: James Giesen Mississippi has long reigned as the capital of cotton country, but by the mid-twentieth century, the crop's dominance faced a serious threat from synthetic upstarts like Polyester […]
The 2024-2025 season is an annual program of the Natchez Historical Society, consisting of 8 regular monthly presentations by expert speakers on humanities topics pertinent to the history of the […]
Jerry Jenkins 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 […]
The U. S. Supreme Court’s 1969 decision in the Beatrice Alexander v Holmes County Board of Education case is perhaps one of the least-recognized but most significant single victories for […]
Speakers Bureau lecturer Tracy Carr presents: "Wanted--1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Mississippi Newspapers" A monkey named Jocko who lived at the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport, the […]
Brinda Willis presents "The Soul of Southern Cooking I & II: Miz Bob's Second Batch Cooking from a Mississippi Slave Girl's Table." Miz Bob (known as Bob Hunter to friends […]
J Janice Coleman presents: "From the Scraps of My Life in the Mississippi Delta" Everyone loves to hear stories, and everyone loves the feel and the memories quilts and other […]
Jerry Jenkins presents: "A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music" This presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the […]
Farming Freedom: The Inspiring Story of Black Land Ownership in Mississippi Join us for a screening of Farming Freedom: The Inspiring Story of Black Land Ownership in Mississippi at 2 p.m. […]
In Mississippi, humanities, arts, and culture aren’t just enrichment, they’re currency. In small towns like McComb, these stories of resilience, creativity, and heritage hold the power to revitalize local economies, […]
From Douglass to Duck Hill is a public-facing racial healing and remembrance event designed to engage Mississippians in a deeper understanding of the legacy of racial violence and the urgent […]
The Mississippi Humanities Council is pleased to partner with the Mississippi Book Festival and Organic Culture to present our next "Reading the Room" event. If you love reading, socializing and any excuse to talk about books, […]
