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  • May 2025

  • Sat 3
    May 3 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives: A Story of Refuge and Resilience of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese

    Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum 115 1st St, Biloxi, MS, United States

    Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives: Honoring a Legacy at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum The Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives project seeks to establish the first permanent Vietnamese exhibit at the […]

    Free
  • Sun 4
    May 4 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

    “The Farming Freedom” premiere

    The Farming Freedom television premiere is officially set for May 4 at 11am! Here's how to watch:  Set your reminders now!  Add the WLBT app on your Roku, Amazon Fire, […]

  • Tue 6
    May 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “The Challenges of the First Fifty Years of Women’s Suffrage”

    South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society 307 2nd Ave, Hattiesburg, MS, United States

    Dr. Rebecca Tuuri’s presentation examines the first fifty years of the women’s suffrage in Mississippi, with a focus on the work of the Mississippi League of Women Voters (LWV) from […]

    Free
  • Tue 6
    May 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “The Challenges of the First Fifty Years of Women’s Suffrage”

    South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society 307 2nd Ave, Hattiesburg, MS, United States

    Dr. Rebecca Tuuri’s presentation examines the first fifty years of the women’s suffrage in Mississippi, with a focus on the work of the Mississippi League of Women Voters (LWV) from […]

    Free
  • Thu 8
    May 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

    Mississippi Freedom Trail marker unveiling for Emmett J. Stringer

    Catfish Alley 116 4th St S, Columbus, MS

    The Mississippi Humanities Council and Visit Mississippi will unveil a new Mississippi Freedom Trail marker for Emmett J. Stringer, a dentist from the Mississippi Delta who fought for civil rights […]

    Free
  • 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 […]

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