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SUMMARY:Bootjack and Red Historical Marker
DESCRIPTION:A historical marker commemorating the tragic lynching and torture deaths of Robert “Bootjack” McDaniels and Roosevelt “Red” Townes will be unveiled in Duck Hill\, Mississippi on April 13\, 2023. The story of the murders of Bootjack and Red is among the unsung history of Blacks living in Mississippi.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/bootjack-and-red-historical-marker/
LOCATION:Duck Hill\, MS\, 312 Main Street\, Duck Hill\, MS\, 38925\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shell-Carving with Alex Alvarez
DESCRIPTION:Medicine Wheel Garden Event at USM Hattiesburg Campus\n\n\nThe Center of American Indian Research and Studies (CAIRS) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is partnering with the Mississippi Humanities Council\, WECAN (Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network) and the Telenutrition Center to present several events throughout the year at the Medicine Wheel Garden\, located on the USM Hattiesburg campus behind the Liberal Arts Building. \nDr. Tammy Greer\, an associate professor of psychology who serves as director for CAIRS\, developed the Medicine Wheel Garden in 2005 along with others to highlight the plants that were used by the indigenous peoples of this area\, and to promote awareness of the rich histories and cultures of Southeastern Native Americans. \nAll events begin at 1 p.m. at the Medicine Wheel Garden; native plant-based snacks will be provided at each event. Members of the university and local communities are invited to these free events. \n*   April 1: Shell-Carving with Alex Alvarez \n*   Sept. 23: Plant-Based Pigments with Robin Whitfield \n*   Nov. 11: Plant Medicine with Jenna Mae
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/shell-carving-with-alex-alvarez/
LOCATION:USM Liberal Arts Building\, 114 N. 31st Ave.\, Hattiesburg\, MS\, 39401
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SUMMARY:Creating Space for Lucy: Philosophy\, Race and the Artisan Nashville Ballet's Lucy Negro Redux
DESCRIPTION:Mississippi State University will host this conference intended to bring together the artist who created Nashville Ballet’s “Lucy Negro Redux” with both senior and junior scholars in academic fields important for thinking through different aspects of it. \nFeatured Events include: \nA Roundtable Discussion with poet\, Caroline Randall Williams\, choreographer Paul Vasterling\, and originator of the role of Lucy\, Kayla Rowser\nA Public Screening of Nashville Ballet’s Lucy Negro Redux\nInvited paper sessions featuring an international and interdisciplinary roster of scholars from African American and African Studies\, Dance and Performance Studies\, Literary Studies\, and Philosophy. \nAll events are free & open to the public. For additional\nquestions\, contact Kristin Boyce at\nlucyconference@gmail.com
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/creating-space-for-lucy-philosophy-race-and-the-artisan-nashville-ballets-lucy-negro-redux/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230329T173000
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SUMMARY:Ideas on Tap - The Women who Run our State
DESCRIPTION:According to the 2016 Clarion Ledger article\, “The Women who Run our State”\, “Of 172 legislative seats at the state Capitol\, only 25 are filled by women.” Now in 2023\, that number has decreased to 23. The article also states that in 2016\, “Only five of our 19 higher court judges and justices are women”. In 2023\, the number of women in Mississippi’s high courts have decreased to 4. As the number of female college and law school graduates increase nationally\, why hasn’t women’s political representation of in our state grown?  Join us Wednesday March 29th at Cultivation Food Hall as we address that question and others in our next Ideas on Tap conversation: Addressing the gender divide in Mississippi Politics. Among our panel guests will be Rep. Zakiya Summers (District 68) and Sen. Nicole Akins Boyd (District 9). The program is brought to you in partnership with the Mississippi Women’s Foundation and will last from 5:30 to 7pm. The address to cultivation Food Hall is 1200 Eastover Dr #125\, Jackson\, MS 39211. For more information\, please contact program and outreach officer John Spann Jspann@mhc.state.ms.us
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/ideas-on-tap-the-women-who-run-our-state/
LOCATION:Cultivation Food Hall\, 1200 Eastover Drive #125\, Jackson\, MS\, 39211\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Twenty-Ninth Oxford Conference for the Book
DESCRIPTION:Founded by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Square Books\, the Oxford Conference  for the Book brings together fiction and nonfiction writers\, journalists\, artists\, poets\, publishers\, teachers\, students\, and literacy advocates for three days of conversation in the literary town of Oxford\, Mississippi. This is the longest-running event put on by the Center and is always free and open to the public\, and takes place in the spring. \nThe twenty-ninth Oxford Conference for the Book is set for March 29-31\, 2023. Go here for more details.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/the-twenty-ninth-oxford-conference-for-the-book/
LOCATION:The Overby Center\, 555 Grove Loop\, University\, MS\, 386777\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230325T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230325T170000
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SUMMARY:Banned Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Millsaps College will host its very first Banned Books Festival on March 25\, 2023. Increasingly\, multitudes of books have been banned from public school libraries for their subject matter—for example\, exploring racial justice and injustice\, documenting investigative reporting and navigating difficult experiences through memoir. In reaction to these rising bans\, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute\, the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting\, the Mississippi Humanities Council\, the Millsaps College Truth\, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center (TRHT)\, and the ACLU are collaborating to sponsor a festival with authors of banned books sharing their stories. Join authors Angie Thomas\, Julie K. Brown and Rick Bragg\, and other to hear them discuss authorship\, publication and banning. This event will begin at 9:00 a.m. and take place in various locations on the Millsaps campus.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/banned-book-festival/
LOCATION:Millsaps College\, 1701 N. State Street\, Jackson\, Mississippi\, 39202
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SUMMARY:Public Humanities Awards
DESCRIPTION:The Mississippi Humanities Council announced the winners of its 2023 Public Humanities Awards recognizing outstanding work in preserving and sharing Mississippi’s unique history and culture. The awards ceremony will be held March 24\, 2023 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. Tickets can be purchased at mshumanities.org. \nAlso\, the MHC will recognize 30 recipients of the 2023 Humanities Teacher Awards\, which pay tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of our state’s institutions of higher learning. \nThe Council invites everyone to join them at their 2023 Public Humanities Awards ceremony and reception March 24\, 2022\, at 5:30 p.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums. \nTickets for the Mississippi Humanities Council Public Humanities Awards ceremony and reception are $50 each and may be purchased through the MHC website or by sending a check to the Mississippi Humanities Council\, 3825 Ridgewood Road\, Room 317\, Jackson\, MS 39211.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/public-humanities-awards/
LOCATION:TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS\, 222 NORTH STREET \, JACKSON\, MS\, United States
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SUMMARY:Grants Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Register today! Join representatives from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for Humanities virtually to learn more about funding opportunities through grants other resources. Questions or registration: christopher_miller@hydesimth.senate.gov
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/grants-workshop/
LOCATION:MS
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230322T160000
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SUMMARY:Oral History Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Tell Your Story \nStories guide our work and are the threads that bring communities together and connect people to the things they’re passionate about. \nWe’re proud to partner with the Mississippi Humanities Council to present this full-day introductory workshop designed for anyone interested in documenting advocacy\, family history\, or community stories by recording oral history interviews. \nThis workshop is FREE and open to the public. Just bring a notebook and a pen or pencil and get ready to share your story. Seats are limited and registration is required.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/oral-history-workshop/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T160000
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SUMMARY:Meridian History Walk
DESCRIPTION:From the Civil War burning of Meridian to a tornado wiping out the city’s business district 1906\, the history of the Queen City will come alive for area residents Saturday during the second annual Meridian Downtown History Walk. Free to the public\, the self-guided history walk will begin at noon and run until 4 p.m. Attendees can pick up tour maps at Dumont Plaza. Also new will be a story presented by the Meridian Freedom Project on the old E.F. Young Hotel and its historical importance. The skit will center around the hotel’s inclusion in the Green Book\, a travel guide published during segregation in the South that identified hotels and businesses that would accept African American customers. The downtown history walk is funded in part by The Mississippi Humanities Council\, Lauderdale Tourism and the East Mississippi Community Foundation…an estimated 1\,000 people attended last year’s event.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/meridian-history-walk/
LOCATION:Meridian\, MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230224T140000
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SUMMARY:The Impact of Rap Music on Today's Youth
DESCRIPTION:Community Library Mississippi presents The Impact of Rap Music on Today’s Youth Community Speaking Series presented Malesha Smith live on Zoom and Facebook Live. Get your tickets at eventbrite.com  or email communitylibrary.ms@gmail.com for more information.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/the-impact-of-rap-music-on-todays-youth/
LOCATION:zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Community Library":MAILTO:comunitylibrary.ms@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Natchez Literary & Cinema Celebration
DESCRIPTION:This annual celebration\, which began in 1990\, is a theme-based lecture series enhanced by films\, workshops\, exhibitions\, book signings\, concerts\, discussions and more. The conference is made possible in part by the Mississippi Humanities Council. Here’s a list of presenters: \nDr. Rebecca Hall\, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts\n(Simon and Schuster\, 2021)\nDr. Jonathan White\, A House Built by Slaves\, African American Visitors to\nthe Lincoln White House (Rowman and Littlefi eld\, 2022)\nDr. Joan DeJean\, Mutinous Women\, How French Convicts Became\nFounding Mothers of the Gulf Coast (Basic Books\, 2022)\nDr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell\, Skirts\, Fashioning Modern Femininity\nin the Twentieth Century (St. Martin’s Press\, 2022)\nJulie Hines Mabus\, Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen (University\nPress of MS\, 2022)\nDr. Elizabeth Bronwyn Boyd\, Southern Beauty\, Race\, Ritual\, and Memory\nin the Modern South (University of Georgia Press\, 2022)\nDr. Jodi Skipper\, Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery\, Race\, and\nHeritage in the U.S. South (University of Iowa Press\, 2022)\nAmy Argetsinger\, There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America (Atria/\nOne Signal Publishers\, 2021)\nKristen Green\, The Devil’s Half Acre\, the Untold Story of How One Woman\nLiberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail (Seal Press\, 2022)\nDanielle Dreilinger\, The Secret History of Home Economics\, How\nTrailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way\nWe Live (WW Norton and Co\, 2021)\nDr. Thavolia Glymph\, The Women’s Fight: The Civil War’s Battles for Home\,\nFreedom\, and Nation (University of North Carolina Press\, 2021)\nShelby Harriel\, Behind the Rifl e\, Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi\n(University Press of Mississippi\, 2019)\nDr. Rebecca Sharpless\, Grain and Fire\, a History of Baking in the American\nSouth (University of North Carolina Press\, 2022)\nDiane C. McPhail\, The Seamstress of New Orleans (A John Scognamiglio\nBook\, 2022) and The Abolitionist’s Daughter (A John Scognamiglio Book\,\n2019)\nDr. Sarah Adlakha\, She Wouldn’t Change a Thing (Forge Books\, 2021) and\nMidnight on the Marne (Forge Books\, 2022)\nValerie Martin\, Property (Vintage\, 2004)\, Mary Reilly (Vintage\, 2001)\, The\nGreat Divorce (Bantam\, 1995)\nChristine Wiltz\, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld\n(Da Capo Press\, 2001)\nNicole A. Taylor\, Watermelon & Red Birds\, A Cookbook for Juneteenth and\nBlack Celebrations (Simon and Schuster\, 2022)\nDr. Gail Myers\, Rhythms of the Land\, a multimedia fi lm documentary\, 2022\nTimothy Givens\, The Saloon\, a fi lm documentary\, 2022
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/natchez-literary-cinema-celebration/
LOCATION:Natchez Convention Center\, 211 Main Street\, Natchez\, MS\, 39120
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T203000
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SUMMARY:What We Can Learn From... Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Mississippi College presents a series of talks entitled\, “What We Can Learn From _____.” This talk features Daphne Chamberlain presenting on youth involvement in the Civil Rights movement. “Oh Freedom! Civil Rights\, Civil Wrongs and the Young People Who Made the Jackson Movement. \nFollowing the talk\, there will be a reception with live music by the MC Brass Ensemble.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/what-we-can-learn-from-lecture-series/
LOCATION:Aven Hall\, 200 Capitol Street\, Clinton\, MS\, 39056
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T203159Z
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SUMMARY:The Impact of the Harlem Renaissance on Today's Culture
DESCRIPTION:Community Library Mississippi presents The Impact of the Harlem Renaissance on Today’s Culture history speaking series. Presenter Mary Hardy live on zoom and facebook live.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/the-impact-of-the-harlem-renaissance-on-todays-culture/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230218T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230218T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Wheel Garden
DESCRIPTION:The University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for American Indian Research and Studies will host a four-part series of public lectures and demonstrations exploring how Native Ancestors across the southeast used native plants\, shells and soils in their daily lives. The program series\, entitled “Yakni Achukma\, Okla Achukma (Healthy Land\, Healthy People)\,” is supported with a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council and will take place at the Southern Miss Medicine Wheel Garden located on the USM campus. \nThe lecture and demonstrations series begins Feb. 18 at 10:00 a.m. the Southern Miss Medicine Wheel Garden located on the USM campus near the Liberal Arts Building. Jeanette Stone\, a retired educator with 20 years of expertise experimenting with natural fibers\, will discuss “Plant-Based Cordage and Fibers.” Her presentation will explore techniques of the Southeastern Muskogean communities for using plant materials such as yucca and palmetto plant leaves\, cattails\, tree bark and Spanish moss to create ropes for fishing nets\, as well as for crafting clothing\, belts\, moccasins and more. \nThe lecture and demonstration series is free and open to the public. Future program topics will include shell carving\, medicine making and creating pigments from plants.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/medicine-wheel-garden/
LOCATION:USM Liberal Arts Building\, 114 N. 31st Ave.\, Hattiesburg\, MS\, 39401
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T170000
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SUMMARY:The Natchez Deacons for Defense
DESCRIPTION:The Dr. John Banks House presents The Natchez Deacons for Defense: A Dramatization by Jamal McCullen. \nFor the first time in Natchez’ history\, a play will be held to tell the story of the Deacons for Defense and Justice in Natchez\, and their role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. It is set for 2 p.m.\, Saturday\, Feb. 11\, at Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church at 607 Madison St. \nThe event is free and open to the public. It will feature the creative talent of Jamal McCullen\, an educator in the Natchez-Adams School District. Hosted by Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church and representatives of the Dr. John Bowman Banks Museum\, the Black History program will feature music from the 1960s and eight male students in grades eighth through 12th. \nMcCullen said the program “will give history lessons while entertaining. The music will help to give the story context.”
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/the-natchez-deacons-for-defense/
LOCATION:Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church\, 607 Madison St.\, Natchez\, MS\, 39120\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. John Banks House":MAILTO:dcprater@bellsouth.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
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SUMMARY:Jackson Book Festival 2023
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Jackson Book Fair will host Book Talks\, Book Sales and Signings\, Art/Craft Vendors\, Photo Ops\, Live Entertainment\, Black History Theme\, an Intellectual Revolution\, a literary family friendly affair. \nAdmission is free and open to the public \nPoetry Contest Level \nElementary School\, write at least a 4 line stanza \nMiddle School\, write at least 2 (4) line stanzas \nH.S. & Adult Contest\, write at least 4 mixed (line) stanzas 2 line minimum \nPoems must be written by the poet presenter. \nPublished poems by the contestant are admissible
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/jackson-book-festival-2023/
LOCATION:Jackson Medical Mall\, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Blvd.\, jackson\, MS\, 39213\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Community Library":MAILTO:comunitylibrary.ms@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20230109T221811Z
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SUMMARY:Mississippi Founders Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Mississippi College African American Studies presents MS Founders and Black Resistance. This exhibit is accompany to a speaker series presentation to address topics related to the exhibits themes. Dr. Kellie Cherie Carter Jackson of Wellesley College will speak from her book\, Force and Freedom\, which analyzes the history of black abolitionism\, as well as forthcoming book project on black response to white violence. Keynote Lecture Feb 9th at JPW Recital Hall
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/mississippi-founders-exhibit/
LOCATION:Mississippi College\, 200 Capitol St.\, Clinton\, MS\, 39056
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T190000
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CREATED:20230105T175634Z
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SUMMARY:"Inaugural Ballers." book signing with Andrew Maraniss
DESCRIPTION:Book Signing event with Andrew Maraniss:  “Inaugural Ballers. The True Story of the First U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team” \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the inspirational true story of the birth of women’s Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put US women’s basketball on the map. Perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown. \nA League of Their Own meets Miracle in the inspirational true story of the first US Women’s Olympic Basketball team and their unlikely rise to the top. \nTwenty years before women’s soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA\, the ’76 US women’s basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women’s sports in America at the youth\, collegiate\, Olympic\, and professional levels. \nThough they were unknowns from small schools such as Delta State\, the University of Tennessee at Martin and John F. Kennedy College of Wahoo\, Nebraska\, at the time of the ’76 Olympics\, the American team included a roster of players who would go on to become some of the most legendary figures in the history of basketball. From Pat Head\, Nancy Lieberman\, Ann Meyers\, Lusia Harris\, coach Billie Moore\, and beyond—these women took on the world and proved everyone wrong. \nPacked with black-and-white photos and thoroughly researched details about the beginnings of US women’s basketball\, Inaugural Ballers is the fascinating story of the women who paved the way for girls everywhere. \nNew York Times bestselling author Andrew Maraniss writes sports and history-related nonfiction\, telling stories with a larger social message. His first book\, Strong Inside\, received the Lillian Smith Book Award for civil rights and the RFK Book Awards’ Special Recognition Prize for social justice\, becoming the first sports-related book ever to win either award. His young readers adaptation of Strong Inside was named one of the Top Biographies for Youth by the American Library Association and was named a Notable Social Studies Book by the Children’s Book Council. His acclaimed second book for kids Games of Deception was a Sydney Taylor Book Award Middle Grade Honor Recipient\, a Junior Library Guild selection\, and was praised by authors Steve Sheinkin and Susan Campbell Bartoletti. He is also the author of Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke. Andrew is a contributor to ESPN’s sports and race website\, TheUndefeated.com\, and is a visiting author at the Vanderbilt University Athletic Department.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/inaugural-ballers-book-signing-with-andrew-maraniss/
LOCATION:Lemuria Book Store\, 4465 I-55 STE 20\, Jackson\, MS\, 39206\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mississippi Founders Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Mississippi Founders\, sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities “A More Perfect Union” grant\, will be hosted at Mississippi College for the month of February. The exhibit highlights twelve Mississippians who challenged America to be a more perfect union. The twelve individuals range from the Reconstruction period to the modern Civil Rights Movement\, including Fannie Lou Hamer\, Amzie Moore\, Annie Devine\, Medgar Evers\, Lawrence Guyot\, Ida B. Wells-Barnett\, Clarie Collins Harvey\, Aaron Henry\, John R. Lynch\, Thomas W. Stringer\, Unita Blackwell\, and Vernon Dahmer. The effort and sacrifices made by these individuals helped ensure democracy for all Mississippians. These individuals challenged the status-quo\, urging that the phrase “We the People” should include all people. For more information\, contact aastudies@mc.edu.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/mississippi-founders-exhibit-2/
LOCATION:Mississippi College\, 200 Capitol St.\, Clinton\, MS\, 39056
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20230120T171325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T171325Z
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SUMMARY:"What We Can Learn From Dr. A.B. Holder
DESCRIPTION:Mississippi College presents a series of talks entitled\, “What We Can Learn From _____.” This talk features 19th-century Mississippi physician A.B. Holder presented by Dr. Courtney Thompson of MSU.  Following the talk\, there will be a reception with live music by the MC Brass Ensemble.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/what-we-can-learn-from-dr-a-b-holder/
LOCATION:Mississippi College\, 200 Capitol St.\, Clinton\, MS\, 39056
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20230117T203849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T203849Z
UID:11530-1674149400-1674158400@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:“The Evers” Flim Screening
DESCRIPTION:On January 19 at 6:00 p.m.\, Millsaps will host a screening of the documentary film “The Evers.” The screening will be followed by a conversation between Reena Evers-Everette of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute and Jerry Mitchell with the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. The event will take place in McMullan Lecture Hall in the Selby & Richard McRae Christian Center on the Millsaps campus and will be preceded by a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the same location. \nThe National Day of Racial Healing events are presented by the Millsaps College Truth\, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center\, in collaboration with the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute\, the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and the Mississippi Humanities Council. \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/the-evers-flim-screening/
LOCATION:Millsaps College\, 1701 N. State Street\, Jackson\, Mississippi\, 39202
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20230117T165646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T165646Z
UID:11529-1674149400-1674154800@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:Ideas on Tap "Banned Books: The Student Perspective"
DESCRIPTION:In the last year\, school districts and libraries across Mississippi have begun restricting access to books deemed to have mature content. This means students in certain school districts no longer have easy access to a world of literature filled with characters and situations that mirror their own lives. We want to hear the students perspective. Join us January 19\, 2023 at Hal & Mal’s from 5:30-7:00pm as MHC host the latest Ideas on Tap series. The panel moderator is Julia James\, Education Reporter for Mississippi Today. Panelist include JohnAnna Esters: J-Tech Early College\, Marina Goupalava: Madison Central\, Adam Maatallah: Madison Central\, Tonja Murphy: Community Engagement Coordinator for the Mississippi Book Festival.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/ideas-on-tap-banned-books-the-student-perspective/
LOCATION:Hal & Mal’s\, 200 Commerce Street\, Jackson\, MS\, 39201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230118T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20230117T165228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T165228Z
UID:11528-1674043200-1674048600@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with scholar Dr. Donald "Field" Brown
DESCRIPTION:Brown to lead program on the legacy of the ‘Vickburg Citizens’ Appeal.’ \n\nBrown characterizes the Vicksburg Citizens’ Appeal as “a racial uplift newspaper” that encouraged Black parents to attend PTA meetings and stressed the importance of preparing the next generation to enter the world. Join us as he discusses the role the Vicksburg Citizens’ Appeal newspaper played in Freedom Summer and securing voting rights! Lunch will be provided.\nLearn more: https://buff.ly/3X43Idp\nThis program is sponsored by Visit Vicksburg and The Mississippi Humanities Council
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/lunch-and-learn-with-scholar-dr-donald-field-brown/
LOCATION:Catfish Row Museum\, 913 Washington Street\, Vicksburg\, Mississippi\, 39183
ORGANIZER;CN="Catfish Row Museum":MAILTO:info@catfishrowmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221130T193000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20221122T173054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221122T173054Z
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SUMMARY:How Do We Support Public Education
DESCRIPTION:As part of the “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” Initiative\, administered by the Mississippi Humanities Council with support from the Mellon Foundation\, the staff of The Pine Belt News will give the public a chance to learn about the performance of local school districts – and the individual schools within them – with an upcoming community forum featuring local superintendents and Mayor Toby Barker. \nBarker will moderate the event\, asking questions of the following superintendents: Robert Williams (Hattiesburg Public School District)\, Matt Dillon (Petal School District)\, Steven Hampton (Lamar County School District) and Donna Boone (Forrest County Agricultural School District). Brian Freeman\, superintendent of the Forrest County School District\, wished to attend but will be out of town that week for a prior obligation. \nTopics include\, but are not limited to: \n\nThe primary function of a superintendent in today’s school systems;\nPrimary initiatives to focus on in the upcoming school years;\nTrends in education;\nThe correlation between parent engagement and student outcomes;\nCommunity relation programs; and\nHow the community can help foster excellence in public education.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/how-do-we-support-public-education/
LOCATION:Lake Terrace Convention Center\, One Convention Center Plaza\, Hattiesburg\, MS\, 39401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221122T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230131T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20221122T220527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221122T220527Z
UID:11524-1669104000-1675184400@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:A More Perfect Union
DESCRIPTION:The exhibit honors 12 individuals that challenged Mississippi and America to be a more perfect union\, truly expanding liberty and justice for all. These twelve individuals are: Fannie Lou Hamer\, Amzie Moore\, Annie Devine\, Medgar Evers\, Lawrence Guyot\, Ida B. Wells-Barnett\, Clarie Collins Harvey\, Aaron Henry\, John R. Lynch\, Thomas W. Stringer\, Unita Blackwell\, and Vernon Dahmer. The effort and sacrifices made by these patriots not only helped ensure democracy for all Mississippians but all Americans as well. These individuals challenged the status-quo\, urging that the phrase “We the People” should include all people.   \nTheir actions and the reasons why we are considering them “Mississippi Founders” will be explained in a traveling exhibit. We hope to impart on all walks of life that these “founders” represent the best of what patriotism and devotion to one’s country means\, with some of them paying the ultimate sacrifice in the name of equality. They helped change the landscape of our country socially and politically for the betterment of society and we as Mississippians should be eternally proud.    \nAlso\, the MHC has produced interstitials with Mississippi Public Broadcasting that accompany the exhibit. You can find these interstitials on the MHC and MPB YouTube pages. They inlcude guests like Cong. Bennie G. Thompson\, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hoseman\, Ms. Reena Evers\, and Mayor Robin Tannehill give life to the various interstitial scripts uplifting our list of “Mississippi Founders”.  \nMPU is currently at The Quisenberry Library in Clinton MS from now until December 21st \nMPU is also still being hosted by The Oren Dunn City in Tupelo and will be traveling to Delta State January 3rd \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/a-more-perfect-union/
LOCATION:Various Locations in Mississippi; See Description
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230121
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20221117T155017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T155017Z
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SUMMARY:"Voices and Votes" Smithsonian Exhibit in Vicksburg
DESCRIPTION:The Catfish Row Museum in Vicksburg will host Voices and Votes: Democracy in America\, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition\, from November 19\, 2022 until January 20\, 2024. The exhibit is free and open to the public. \nVoices and Votes is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of six free-standing display units incorporating photographs\, text\, and numerous interactive elements. The exhibit is designed for smaller venues to achieve Museum on Main Street’s goal of bringing the Smithsonian to small town America. The exhibit is free and open to the public to visit. \nVoices and Votes: Democracy in America traces the bold American experiment of a government run by and for the people. The exhibit examines the influences that shaped the early days of American democracy and the changes that have occurred in the nearly 250 years since. \nDemocracy is a form of government that requires civic engagement and participation. It is formed by citizens’ responses to ongoing questions: What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens? What is the role of the government in American life? How do citizens participate in democracy? Beginning with the American Revolution\, this exhibition explores these questions and more. \nIn addition to hosting the exhibit\, the museum will also host a series of programs that are free and open to the public. \nVoices and Votes events in Vicksburg: \n\nNovember 22\, 4pm: Chamber of Commerce Voices and Votes Ribbon Cutting Opening Ceremony with elected officials\nNovember 30: “Ideas on Tap” with Senator Briggs Hopson and Kyle Kirkpatrick\, Assistant Secretary of State\, Russ Latino\, Empower Mississippi\nDecember 3: Sara Dionne\, the Warren County Election Commission chairwoman\, and Jan Daige\, CircuitClerk\, to provide educational opportunities on voting processes\, including bringing in new voting machines and walking through the voting experience\, including registration and voter roll maintenance.\nDecember 10: Fashion Politics Exhibit with local/national fashion designer Raymond Banks\nDecember 20: Donald Field Brown\, Harvard Scholar\, will provide the history of “The Vicksburg Citizens’ Appeal” during critical civil rights years.\nJanuary 4\, 2023: Presentation from Voices and Votes state scholar Dr. Rebecca Tuuri\, “Democracy in Mississippi: Race\, Violence and Power in the Struggle for the Vote”
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/voices-and-votes-smithsonian-exhibit-in-vicksburg/
LOCATION:Catfish Row Museum\, 913 Washington Street\, Vicksburg\, Mississippi\, 39183
ORGANIZER;CN="Catfish Row Museum":MAILTO:info@catfishrowmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221113T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221114T230000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20221010T134932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T134932Z
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SUMMARY:Reflecting Jackson Mississippi In The Blues
DESCRIPTION:The Central Mississippi Blues Society\, Inc.\, with support from Visit Jackson\, the Mississippi Humanities Council\, South Arts\, Mississippi Blues Foundation and affiliates National Endowment for the Humanities\, National Endowment for the Arts and Mississippi Arts Commission\, will celebrate Jackson’s bicentennial with a two-day “blues” extravaganza. The headliner for all events will be international blues star\, Castro “Mr. Sipp” Coleman. All events are free and open to the public. \nSunday\, November 13\, 2022\, 1-4 pm. Blues musician panels with noted Jackson blues personalities\, held in the auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums in downtown Jackson. The panel\, “The Lived Experience of The Blues in Jackson” will be moderated by blues journalist\, historian and sociologist\, Scott Barretta\, with panelists Castro Coleman (Mr. Sipp)\, Sherrill Holly\, Willie Silas and Jimmi Mayes. The panel\, “Jackson Women in the Blues – Past\, Present\, Future”\, will be moderated by journalist and blues promoter Dr. Brinda Fuller Willis\, with panelists Dorothy “Misty Blue” Moore\, Nellie “Mack” McInnis and Maya Kyles. \n  \nMonday\, November 14\, 2022\, 11:30 am – 1 pm. “Success Over Fame in the Music Business”\, a workshop led by Castro “Mr. Sipp” Coleman\, at the Jackson State University Department of Music. This workshop will focus on information relevant to managing a successful music career. \nMonday\, November 14\, 2022\, 7-11 pm. – Bicentennial Concert at Hal & Mal’s Big Room in downtown Jackson\, featuring Castro “Mr. Sipp” Coleman\, with the Blue Monday Band opening the show. A full bar and limited menu will be available at this event.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/reflecting-jackson-mississippi-in-the-blues/
LOCATION:Various Locations in Jackson; See Poster
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221110T193000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20221010T154605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T154605Z
UID:11520-1668103200-1668108600@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:Housing Insecurity in Mississippi - Roundtable Discussion
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URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/housing-insecurity-in-mississippi-roundtable-discussion/
LOCATION:Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University\, 1400 John R. Lynch Street\, Jackson\, MS\, 39217\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221103T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221103T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T005306
CREATED:20221101T140421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221101T140421Z
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SUMMARY:Ideas on Tap - Why Mississippi: Local Innovation\, Global Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Now that we have addressed the digital divide in the state with our past IOT event\, we want to discuss the future of tech in Mississippi. So\, on Wednesday November 3rd we will host another IOT with the Bean Path to examine Mississippi’s bright future in tech. Hear from Dr. Nashlie Sephus\, (creator and founder of the Bean Path) about her plans to create a tech district in the heart of Jackson and how she plans to provide S.T.E.M. education to underserved communities in Jackson. Also\, learn from Microsoft TEALS representatives on how they plan expand STEM education in Mississippi schools. Join us from 5:30pm to 7:00pm November 3rd at the Bean Path Makerspace (451 N. Gallatin Street\, Jackson MS 39203). To sign up on Eventbrite click the link http://getbean.info/whyms
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/ideas-on-tap-why-mississippi-local-innovation-global-opportunities/
LOCATION:Bean Path Makerspace\, 451 N Gallatin St\, Jackson\, MS\, 39203\, United States
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