57th MLK Convocation
Deciding that she would rather celebrate his birth and achievements rather than focus on his death, Margaret Walker sponsored one of the first birthday convocations for Dr. Martin Luther King, […]
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Jackson State University 1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS
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Sunday Screening: Always a Winner: Roy Curry, A Quarterback Ahead of His Time
Join us for a free screening of "Always a Winner: Roy Curry, A Quarterback Ahead of His Time" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Two Mississippi Museums! Directed […]
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Speakers Bureau: Parallels of Southern Storytelling and Folktales from Around the World
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Southern MIssissippi 118 College Dr #5055, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesSpeaker Diane Williams is a neo-griot, along the lines of the storytellers from times gone by when oral historians were crucial to maintaining black folks’ history because book publishers didn’t […]
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Speaker Series: Matthew Skic
Historic Natchez Foundation 108 S. Commerce St., Natchez, MS, United StatesThe 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 […]
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Speakers Bureau: Mississippi Telling
Boys and Girls Club of North Mississippi 1242 S Green St, Tupelo, MS, United StatesThe presenter, Rebecca Jernigan, 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 […]
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HOMEGROWN: A WRITERS’ EXCHANGE: 2025
University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park Campus 730 E Beach Blvd, Long Beacj, MS, United StatesHOMEGROWN is a full-day literary arts event, -- free and open to the public -- that presents acclaimed southern authors in moderated panel discussions that cut across multiple current, timely, […]
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African American Read-In
Jackson State University College of Education Room 100 1400 John Lynch Street , Jackson , MS, United StatesPlease join the mothers and daughters of the Blossoms Mother-Daughter Reading Club as we celebrate the 2025 African American Read-In.
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HTA Lecture: In Your Face History: How Technology and Mass Media Have Transformed the Study of History
Itawamba Community College 602 W Hill Street, Fulton, MSMegan Eidt is Itawamba Community College 's 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Eidt's lecture, In Your Face History: How Technology and Mass Media Have Transformed the Study of History, will […]
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HTA Lecture: The Heart of Humanities: Fostering Understanding, Culture, and Connection
Dr. Emily Pollard is Northeast Mississippi Community College's 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Pollard's lecture, The Heart of Humanities: Fostering Understanding, Culture, and Connection, will be presented 2/4/25 at 6:00 […]
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Speakers Bureau: “The Marquis de Lafayette Visits Mississippi”
South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society 307 2nd Ave, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesIn 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette visited Natchez on his farewell tour of America. Learn more from William "Brother" Rogers about who he was and why this historic event was […]
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HTA Lecture: Me, Myself and AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Copiah-Lincoln Community College 11 Co Lin Cir, Natchez, MS, United StatesPriscilla Hartley will present the 2025 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Copiah-Lincoln Community College: Me, Myself and AI (Artificial Intelligence) The lecture will take place on the Copiah-Lincoln Community College […]
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HTA Lecture: “Yes, You CAN Sing Classical Music!”
Shelly Garlotte will present the 2025 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Mississippi Valley State University: Yes, You CAN Sing Classical Music!" Experience a voice lesson as a classical music singer! […]