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  • Reading the Room

    Organic Culture 114 Main Street, McComb, MS

    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, […]

  • The Small-Town Preservation Symposium in Eupora, MS

    Eupora Civic Center 2135 W Roane Ave, Eupora, MS, United States

    The SouthWay Foundation host The Small-Town Preservation Symposium in Eupora, Mississippi bringing local, state, and nation-wide leaders to evoke discussions on the preservation movement, cultural heritage, and the value of […]

    Free

  • Reading the Room

    Exploradora Coffee 463 Ryland Wy, Oxford, MS, United States

    The Mississippi Humanities Council is pleased to partner with the Mississippi Book Festival and The University of Mississippi Department of English to present our next "Reading the Room" event. If you love reading, socializing and any […]

  • Speakers Bureau: “Mississippi Telling”

    Cambridge Methodist Church 212 Ross Ave, Oxford, MS, United States

    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 rich storytelling […]

  • Possumtown Book Fest

    Columbus Arts Council Columbus , MS

    The Possumtown Book Fest brings literary and humanities programming to the communities of Northeast Mississippi. Last year, nearly 1,000 people attended the inaugural festival, which featured 25 nationally published authors […]

    Free

  • Sunday Screening: The Last American House Party

    TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

    Join us for a screening of The Last American House Party at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 24, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. This sixty-minute film […]

  • America250 Mississippi Grants Workshop

    Virtual Event

    Join the MHC program staff on Tuesday, September 2, from 2-3 p.m. for a Zoom webinar exploring America250 Mississippi grant opportunities. The webinar is free and open to all. Registration […]

  • Mississippi Freedom Trail Unveiling of Fulton Chapel Marker

    Fulton Chapel, University of Mississippi, Oxford 617 All American Drive, University, MS, United States

    The Fulton Chapel Protest was one of the most significant student-led demonstrations in our state's history. In February 1970, Black students organized a protest demanding fair treatment, more representation, and institutional […]

  • Sunday Screening: Lynching in History and Memory

    TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

    Join us for a screening of a series of short films, focused on racial violence and lynching, Bootjack and Red, My Father’s Name, and Sites of Memory at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 7, in […]

  • Mississippi Freedom Trail Unveiling of Dr. Clinton Battle Marker

    Mt. Beulah Missionary Baptist Church 310 Church Ave, Indianola, MS, United States

    Dr. Clinton Battle was a physician and civil rights leader in Indianola whose activism brought critical change to the Mississippi Delta. As president of the local NAACP chapter in the […]

  • Mississippi Book Festival

    Mississippi State Capitol 400 High St, Jackson, MS, United States

    Each year, the Mississippi Book Festival unites readers and authors in an exhilarating celebration of books. MHC is proud to be a sponsor of the festival since it began. We […]