Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges. From Jackson State University, this year’s recipient is Dr. LaTannia Ellerbe. Topic: “Why Not an HBCU? The Importance of HBCU's in Post-Secondary Music Education.” Lecture is at 10:00 am in the Liberal Arts Read More >
Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges. From Holmes Community College-Ridgeland's Campus, this year’s recipient is Laura Coleman Canard. Topic: “The Value of Knowing the Past.” Lecture is at 1:45 pm in the D.P. "Pat" McGowan Workforce Training Center on Read More >
The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration (NLCC) is one of the state’s most significant annual events devoted to literature, history, film, and culture. In its thirty-four-year history, the NLCC has won numerous state and regional awards for outstanding humanities programming. The theme, “Rites, Rituals, and Religion in the Deep South,” will include scholarly presentations, lively Read More >
The Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Ragtime & Jazz Festival is an annual event hosted by the Mississippi State University Libraries as a means of showcasing the Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum and its vast collection of musical instruments and sheet music. The festival is designed to educate audiences on the early formers of American Read More >
Gigi Coleman, the great niece of Betsy Coleman, travels the country telling the story of her great aunt Betsy Coleman. On Thursday, February 22, The Mississippi Aviation Heritage museum invites the public to learn about America's first black woman pilot and the history behind her obtaining that elusive pilot license, in an era where blacks Read More >
As part of a continued effort by Mississippi College (MC) to bring lived and scholarly expertise of the African American experience to its campus and the larger metro Jackson community, MC has secured Dr. Crystal Sanders from Emory University as its 2024 African American Studies Lecture Series speaker. Sanders is an associate professor of African Read More >
Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges. From Copiah-Lincoln Community College, this year’s recipient is Janie Blakeney. Topic: “Ink and Justice: The Role of Literature in Challenging Inequality.” Lecture is at 9:00 am in the Parker Academic Building on Copiah-Lincoln Read More >
Jackson, Mississippi was established 1821 but, the first map didn’t include a cemetery. This was remedied when space was set aside for a cemetery January 1, 1823. There are 2,000 unmarked burials in Greenwood Cemetery, ¼ of which are Black. The Voices of Greenwood Tour is designed to give voice to some of the people Read More >
This presentation uses documents from The Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project (CWRGM), co-directed by Ural, to let audience members hear from Mississippians of all backgrounds as they experienced the years that revolutionized the state and the nation. CWRGM is a federally-funded project that digitizes, transcribes, and annotates Mississippi’s governors’ papers from 1859 through 1882 Read More >
Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges. From Belhaven University, this year’s recipient is Dr. Elissa Sartwell. Topic: “Towards a Theatre of Connection.” Lecture is at 3:00 pm in the Student Center Theatre on Belhaven's Campus.
Dr. Roscoe Barnes, Cultural Heritage Tourism Manager, Visit Natchez will present a lecture titled "Ann Moody’s Novel, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Why It Matters." Social time begins at 5:30pm Lecture starts at 6:00pm The Natchez Historical Society is a historical preservation organization, founded in 1954, and open to the public. The Natchez Historical Society Read More >
Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges. From Delta State University, this year’s recipient is Dr. Melanie Anderson. Topic: “Women of Weird Tales: Addressing a Gap in the History of Horror in the U.S.” Lecture is at 6:00 pm in Read More >
Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges. From Pearl River Community College, this year’s recipient is Helene Goldstein. Topic: “History Repeating: Why the Rise of Anti-Semitism Should Concern Us All.” Lecture is at 11:00 am in the West Dining Room, Read More >
Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges. From Jones County Junior College, this year’s recipient is Kathryn Davis. Topic: “The Feature Film: A Cinematic Journey of Emerging Adulthood.” Lecture is at 10:00 am in the Home Health Auditorium on JCJC's Read More >
Behind the Big House is one of few historic site tours developed with the specific goal of interpreting slavery. The program began with several private homeowners in Holly Springs, Mississippi, who opened slave houses on their properties to the public. Since 2012, the program has educated thousands in North Mississippi and Arkansas. This presentation discusses Read More >