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  • May 2025

  • Fri 9
    May 9 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music”

    Instant Impact Global Prep 319 US-61, Natchez, MS, United States

    In this presentation, Jerry Jenkins will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally […]

    Free
  • Sat 17
    May 17 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: Music of the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865

    Mississippi Final Stands Interpretive Center 607 Grisham St, Baldwyn, MS, United States

    Speaker William P Arinder explores music of the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865 played on the Appalachian Mountain.  Dulcimer, banjo-mier and wooden spoons plus period clothing are worn […]

    Free
  • Tue 20
    May 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “No One Writes Songs about Polyester: Re-making Cotton’s Image in the Late Twentieth Century”

    Anguilla Methodist Church 631 Front St, Anguilla, MS, United States

    Speaker: James Giesen Mississippi has long reigned as the capital of cotton country, but by the mid-twentieth century, the crop's dominance faced a serious threat from synthetic upstarts like Polyester […]

  • Tue 27
    May 27 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Smokye Joe Frank

    Historic Natchez Foundation 108 S. Commerce St., Natchez, MS, United States

    The 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 […]

    Free
  • June 2025

  • Sat 14
    June 14 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

    Speakers Bureau: “A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music”

    Halls Ferry Park 1401 Walnut Street, Vicksburg, MS, United States

    Jerry Jenkins will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the […]

  • Tue 17
    June 17 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Alexander v. Holmes County Freedom Trail Marker Unveiling

    S. V. Marshall Elementary School 12572 MS Highway 12, Lexington, MS

    The U. S. Supreme Court’s 1969 decision in the Beatrice Alexander v Holmes County Board of Education case is perhaps one of the least-recognized but most significant single victories for […]

    Free
  • Tue 17
    June 17 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “Wanted–1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Mississippi Newspapers”

    Anguilla Methodist Church 631 Front St, Anguilla, MS, United States

    Speakers Bureau lecturer Tracy Carr presents: "Wanted--1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Mississippi Newspapers" A monkey named Jocko who lived at the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport, the […]

  • Thu 19
    June 19

    Speakers Bureau: “The Soul of Southern Cooking”

    Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education 1600 Government St, Ocean Springs, Mississippi

    Brinda Willis presents "The Soul of Southern Cooking I & II: Miz Bob's Second Batch Cooking from a Mississippi Slave Girl's Table." Miz Bob (known as Bob Hunter to friends […]

    Free
  • Thu 19
    June 19 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “From the Scraps of My Life in the Mississippi Delta”

    Gumtree Museum of Art 211 W Main St,, Tupelo, MS, United States

    J Janice Coleman presents:  "From the Scraps of My Life in the Mississippi Delta" Everyone loves to hear stories, and everyone loves the feel and the memories quilts and other […]

  • Thu 19
    June 19 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music”

    Laurel Jones County Black History Museum and Arts 820 W 5th St, Laurel, United States

    Jerry Jenkins presents: "A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music" This presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the […]

  • Sun 22
    June 22 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

    Sunday Screening: Farming Freedom: The Inspiring Story of Black Land Ownership in Mississippi

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

    Farming Freedom: The Inspiring Story of Black Land Ownership in Mississippi Join us for a screening of Farming Freedom: The Inspiring Story of Black Land Ownership in Mississippi at 2 p.m. […]

    Free
  • Sat 28
    June 28 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

    Ideas on Tap: Small Town, Big Dreams – The Power of Community and Culture

    Organic Culture 114 Main Street, McComb, MS

    In Mississippi, humanities, arts, and culture aren’t just enrichment, they’re currency. In small towns like McComb, these stories of resilience, creativity, and heritage hold the power to revitalize local economies, […]

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