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 […]
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 […]
Sunday Screening of Talkin' Clarksdale: A Contemporary Blues Documentary Join us for a screening of Talkin' Clarksdale: A Contemporary Blues Documentary at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 27, in the Craig […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Anne Moody was a leading voice of the Civil Rights Movement through both her activist and her groundbreaking memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi. As a student at Tougaloo College, […]
