Black women in Mississippi actively participated in the suffrage movement after the Civil War. They fought actively for women’s suffrage even as they supported Black men and passage of the 15th Amendment. With passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Black women could not claim victory. It would take another 40  years before they could […]

Humanities Teacher Awardee for Alcorn State University, Earnestine Lee, will present her public lecture: "Faced with woefully inadequate societal evidence of increasing global warming, especially in terms of reducing carbon emissions, social scientists have recognized that climate change is a human problem caused by human actions.  My research focuses on the long-term threat to human […]

Humanities Teacher Awardee for Hinds Community College, Laura Hammons, will present her public lecture. Details TBA.

This presentation examines how slaves and colonists weathered the economic and political upheavals that rocked the Lower Mississippi Valley in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Dr. Pinnen focuses on the fitful–and often futile–efforts of the English, the Spanish, and the Americans to establish plantation agriculture in Natchez and its environs, […]

Annual Black history month programs featuring historical perspectives on the African American experience in Mississippi from slavery through Civil Rights and contemporary times. The February 6th event will feature guest speaker Dr. John A Peoples, Jr., retired President of Jackson State University.

Humanities Teacher Awardee for Mississippi Delta Community College, Jacquelyn Moore, will present her public lecture. Details TBA.

MDAH will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the historic election of Hiram Revels as the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate in a ceremony at the Old Capitol in Jackson on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 6 p.m. Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, will deliver the […]

  Through its "Bridging Cultures" Program, the International Museum of Muslin Cultures utilizes its two signature exhibitions: "Muslims with Christians and Jews: An Exhibition of Covenants and Coexistence," and "The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word" to develop a series of programs and educational opportunities.  IMMC's Islamic Thought Institute engages local and national […]

Hezekiah Watkins, Mississippi Freedom Rider   Annual Black history month programs featuring historical perspectives on the African American experience in Mississippi from slavery through Civil Rights and contemporary times. Feb. 13 will feature Rep. Alyce G. Clark, Rev. Edwin King, Ms. Euvester Simpson, and Mr. Hezekiah Watkins.

Dr. Micah Rueber, Humanities Teacher Awardee for Mississippi Valley State University, will present his public lecture: Rueber will present material he has gathered while working on a manuscript about a river barge that sank in 1961.  While barge sinkings are not uncommon, this one drew the attention of President Kennedy because it was carrying 1000 […]

    John Robert Hall, Humanities Teacher Award winner for Holmes Community College, presents his public lecture: In 1772, John Newton, former slave trader turned Anglican priest, wrote the words to the hymn titled “Amazing Grace!”  Though published in 1779, “Amazing Grace!” remained a lesser known hymn in Great Britain; however, in the nineteenth century […]

Dr. Courtney Luckhardt, Humanities Teacher Awardee for the University of Southern Mississippi, presents her public lecture: In order to make the history of the European Middle Ages relevant, it’s important for both students and the wider public to understand the way that the history of pre-modern period is used by modern people. Dr. Luckhardt teaches […]

    Dr. Kristen K. White, Humanities Teacher Awardee for Belhaven University, presents her public lecture: This qualitative study explored how international service-learning developed faculty personally and professionally. The 48 interviews from 17 faith-based universities found that if faculty engaged in all four of Kolb’s (1984) experiential learning stages, their commitment to service-learning increased and […]

  As the recipient of the Humanities Teacher Award at Millsaps College, Dr. Davis will give a public lecture on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. in the McMullen Lecture Hall (Room 122) in the Selby and Richard McRae Christian Center on the Millsaps College campus entitled, “The Shadow of Death: Southern Baptists and […]

      Annual Black history month programs featuring historical perspectives on the African American experience in Mississippi from slavery through Civil Rights and contemporary times. Feb. 20 will feature New Hope Christian School singers & dancers, as well as the Tougaloo College concert choir. Additionally, present on Feb. 20 will be a Hinds County […]

Ms. Terrell Nicholson-Taylor will present her Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Meridian Community College: The "A" for Art  may be more important than the S T E M paradigm of education, because without the ability of artistic expression, these other fields may never have come into being. The very foundation of communicative thought and endeavor […]

Diane uses the art of storytelling to uncover folktales from the south, oral history from Mississippi, often paralleling these story motifs with folktales from around the world. Speakers Expertise: Diane Williams is a neo-griot, along the lines of the story­tellers from times gone by when oral historians were crucial to maintaining black folks' history because […]

    Dr. Kristi DiClemente, Humanities Teacher Awardee at Mississippi University for Women, will present her public lecture: In the past few years, white supremacist groups have adopted historical imagery, and an imagined “pure” European past to argue against diversity and inclusion in all aspects of modern life. DiClemente will take on this ahistorical interpretation […]

Ms. Jessi Stevenson, Humanities Teacher Award winner for Itawamba Community College, will present her public lecture, "Changing the World One Communicator at a Time: A Discussion of Oxytocin, the Power of Storytelling, and the Importance of Dialogue in the Communication Process." "We take part in the communication process daily, but we often let our fear […]

Dr. Amanda Mattox, Humanities Teacher Award winner for Northeast Mississippi Community College, will present her public lecture: Major European composers immigrated to the United States during the 1930s to escape oppressive political situations. This lecture surveys how these and other immigrant musicians have had a profound effect on concert music in America through composition and […]

Mr. Jeffrey Hodges, Humanities Teacher Awardee for East Central Community College, will present his public lecture, "Forms and Narratives in Art."

Mr. Terry Cherry, Humanities Teacher of the Year for East Mississippi Community College, presents his public lecture: In his presentation, Cherry focuses on three concepts: The art he creates stands on the shoulders of artists who have inspired him.  Secondly, how his art is connected to other art through art history in general.  Lastly, how […]

Ms. Carla Townsend, Humanities Teacher Awardee for Northwest Mississippi Community College, presents her public lecture: Townsend will be discussing the resistance movement in France during World War II. The focus will be on the actions of one incredibly heroic woman named Virginia Hall, who defied conventional norms in the fight against fascism. 

Dr. Leticia Alonso, Humanities Teacher Award winner for Jackson State University, will present her public lecture: At the heart of Modernism was the attraction to cinema celebrity culture. The popularization of film stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Mary Pickford and Brigitte Helm shaped the cultural imaginary of modernity to such an extent that […]

    In the spring of 1970, college and university students across the country protested against the Vietnam War, racism, gender oppression, and a host of other issues, at times leading to violent and deadly confrontations with police and national guard troops. On May 14th, 1970, students at Jackson State College staged a demonstration condemning […]

A month-long series of programs honoring African American history in Mississippi, culminating in the keynote address from Hon. Constance Slaughter-Harvey on February 27. After serving as student body president and graduating from Tougaloo College with a degree in political science, Slaughter attended law school at the University of Mississippi. In 1970, amid death threats and […]

Diane uses the art of storytelling to uncover folktales from the south, oral history from Mississippi, often paralleling these story motifs with folktales from around the world. Speakers Expertise: Diane Williams is a neo-griot, along the lines of the story­tellers from times gone by when oral historians were crucial to maintaining black folks' history because […]

          Northeast Mississippi Community College has partnered with the National Park Service to create augmented reality to provide interpretation for existing statues and reliefs at the Corinth Contraband Camp.