On July 28, the Waveland Ground Zero Hurricane Museum will host a free and open to the public titled “African American History and Influence in Hancock County.” The event will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Waveland through August 14.
Art Clementin, retired school principal and former chairperson of the Hancock County Library System, will discuss the historical contributions of the African American community and a history of race relations in Hancock County.
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 Waveland’s Ground Zero Hurricane Museum through August 14 and is open to the public Tuesdays-Saturdays 10am-3pm. Crossroads is free to visit.
Upcoming Crossroads Events in Waveland:
August 4, 6pm: “Logtown to Infinity” presentation, Allison Anderson and Brehm Bell
August 11, 6pm: “Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation, Dr. John Green
