On June 24, the Museum of the Mississippi Delta will host a free and open to the public reading and signing of the book Trials of the Earth. The event will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Greenwood through June 26.
Trials of the Earth is the astonishing first-person account of Mary Mann Hamilton, a Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect her family, and make a home in the backwoods of the Mississippi Delta. Discussion will center on the themes of Crossroads. Kerry Hamilton will read and sign his great-grandmother’s autobiography at the event on June 24. This event is being held in collaboration with Turnrow Books, which will have copies of the book available for purchase at the event.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred.
The exhibit will be on display at the Museum of the Mississippi Delta through June 26 and is open to the public Tuesdays-Saturdays 10am-3pm. Crossroads is free to visit.
