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SUMMARY:The Early Pioneer Setters 1790-1840
DESCRIPTION:A living history program about the early pioneer settlers in Mississippi. Discussion centers around how they dressed\, built their homes\, produced and cooked their food\, the use of flintlock rifles for hunting and protection of their homesteads\, building fire using flint-and-steel\, grinding corn in hollow stumps\, children’s homemade toys and music on the mountain dulcimer. Period clothing worn\, hands-on artifacts display and audience participation encouraged. \nMr. Arinder has studied Early American and Native American cultures for nearly 50 years\, assembling a sizeable collection of artifacts which he uses to leade living history programs for local schools\, civic clubs and museums. He volunteers as an interpretive historian with the Natchez Trace Parkway\, leading monthly history and pioneer craft demonstrations at the Visitor Center in Tupelo. \nMantachie Elementary School\, Mantachie\, MS 38855 -11:35am \nNo Cost \nSponsored by Mantachie Elementary School & MS Humanities Council \nFor more information:\nMargaret Adams 662-842-1406
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/the-early-pioneer-setters-1790-1840/
LOCATION:Mantachie Elementary School\, 311 Mustang Dr\, Mantachie\, MS\, 38855\, United States
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SUMMARY:Southern Wisdom from Delta Church Mothers
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning journalist Alysia Burton Steele’s Delta Jewels: In Search of My Grandmother’s Wisdom is a visual and lyrical tribute to African American church mothers from the Mississippi Delta. This groundbreaking collection of oral histories and photographs tells nationally and internationally significant stories rooted in the Mississippi Delta\, a distinctive region called “The Cradle of American Culture” by the National Park Service and “The Most Southern Place on Earth” by historian James Cobb.The Mississippi Delta produced cotton\, Blues music and the Civil Rights Movement. It shaped the lives and contributions of numerous cultural and social justice icons—black and white\, women and men—including Fannie Lou Hamer\, Eudora Welty\, Emmett Till\, William Faulkner\, Medgar Evers\, Richard Wright\, Tennessee Williams…and the celebrated Delta Jewels church mothers. Come sit a spell and hear the revered voices of these living figures of history captured by Alysia Burton Steele. \nAlysia Burton Steele is a visual educator at the University of Mississippi\, with a focus on oral history and visuals. For this presentation\, Steele shares her experiences finding and nurturing relationships to earn trust to collect stories and share them with audiences. She shares audio and video stores as part of her presentation. \nNeshoba County Library-2pm \nNo Cost \nSponsored by Neshoba County Library & MS Humanities Council \nFor more information:\nWayne McNeer – 601-656-4911
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/southern-wisdom-from-delta-church-mothers/
LOCATION:Neshoba County Library\, 230 W Beacon St\, Philadelphia\, MS\, 39350\, United States
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