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 […]
On Saturday, September 1, the Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Dr. Wang Ping to present her program "Spirituality and Rivers" at the Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale. The program, […]
In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth) is an installation comprised of a touring, portable, inflatable ‘Truth Booth’ that embarked on a world tour at the Galway Arts Festival, Ireland […]
Delta State University will host Ellen Ann Fentress, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, on September 6th. At 6PM, DSU will screen Eyes on Mississippi, a documentary chronicling the life and work […]
MHC Sponsored Events include: Saturday, 9/8 8:00AM-- Tom's Columbus 12:00 noon-- Tennessee Williams Tribute Cinema: RAC screening of movie BOOM based on the Tennesse Williams play "Milk Train."
Who were the people who became most involved in the Civil Rights Movement? Who were its leaders and footsoldiers? How do we even define such roles? Who are the people […]
On September 8, the Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Dr. James Giesen of the MHC’s Speakers Bureau to present his free and open to the public lecture “Water Ways: […]
Diane Williams, storyteller and fiber artist, begins her presentation with a discussion of Kente cloth weaved fibers of West Africa and moves on to utilitarian quilts made by African slaves […]
