The Winning the Race Conference was developed with three overarching goals: engage in conversations with campus and community constituencies that will build an appreciation for diversity differences and a spirit of community through shared ideas; promote a broad discourse on race relations by building conversations to bring together diverse communities in the Delta through sharing of Read More >
Join this panel discussion and learn how researchers across the university use FOIA to access valuable government information for their research.
In the early 19th century, Jewish immigrants from Europe began to arrive in the Magnolia State, settling initially in towns along the Mississippi River. Concentrating in retail trade, these Jews became visible symbols of economic modernity and market capitalism in Mississippi. Throughout much of their history, Mississippi Jews have worked to lessen the cultural differences Read More >
Dr. Becky Marchiel will discuss her research on urban history and capitalism and the important role government documents have played in her research process. Attendees will be able to browse related materials from our Federal Documents collection and Department of Archives and Special Collections.
The 2018 Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture will feature Dr. Stephen Berry, Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era in the Department of History at the University of Georgia. Dr. Berry’s lecture will explore his innovative digital history project, “CSI: Dixie.” https://csidixie.org/ The lecture will take place on Delta State's campus in the Jobe Auditorium.
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 Read More >
An exhibit titled "Through the Lens of Carl Brown: Lowndes County in the 1940s-1950s" will be on display at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library from April 9-27. An opening reception will be held Monday, April 9 at 5 p.m. The exhibit represents the culmination of a year-long project undertaken by the library's Local History Department (LHD) Read More >
In this presentation, the author of Dispatches from Pluto gives a behind-the-scenes account of researching and writing the popular book and explores the unique culture of the Mississippi Delta. In his best-selling book, Dispatches From Pluto, he brings an incisive yet sympathetic eye to the culture of the Mississippi Delta. He now makes his home in Jackson, and Read More >
Lecture by Dr. Jaime Harker with reception to follow. Jaime Harker holds a Ph.D. in English from Temple University. She is a professor of English and the director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi, where she teachers American literature, gay and lesbian literature, and gender studies. Read More >
Springboard for Opportunities invites you to an evening of celebration as their middle school students present the books they created based on the lives of Mississippi Civil Rights veterans. A Light reception will follow the presentation. Please contact Sarah Stripp at sstripp@springboardto.org or (769) 251-0924 with any questions regarding the event.
The free, family-oriented event hosts people and tribes from all over the country and includes traditional Native American dances, dancing competitions, music and art, as well as food and vendors. The Petal Southern Miss Powwow brings people together to meet and greet and become aware of the Choctaw presence and the Indian presence in the Read More >
A celebration and presentation of stories collected by Providence M.B. Church's program, Testimonies: Stories of Race and Reconciliation in the Mississippi Delta. Details TBA.
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. Read More >
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Women's Foundation of Mississippi, and Rethink Mississippi on April 24 at Hal and Mal's for the fourth and final installment of our spring series "Emerging Mississippi." On April 24, we'll be discussing media and news coverage in Mississippi in the 21st century. We'll discuss how news is disseminated, how people choose to receive their news, Read More >
A representative from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS, will discuss the steps to naturalization and answer questions about the process. UM Libraries’ Citizenship Resource Corner will be highlighted as a source for local information.
On April 26, the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi will host "Ideas on Tap: What Do We Commemorate & Why?" at Proud Larry's in Oxford. The program will feature Dr. Charles Ross, Director of African American Studies & Professor of History at the Read More >
The creators of the civil rights play, “Beautiful Agitators,” are presenting a staged reading at Jobe Hall Auditorium, Delta State University, this coming Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. The play is about Ms. Vera Mae Pigee of Clarksdale who was an instrumental figure in the fight for racial equality in Mississippi.