The presenter, Dr. Rebecca Jernigan, provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America with emphasis upon the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families, and our communities as reflected in the works of many of our best authors: […]

Sunday Screening: "I Believe I'll Go Back Home: Robert Johnson's Copiah Country Roots and Living Legacy is at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed and produced by Samantha Davidson Green, this 28-minute film documents the roots and legacy of blues artist Robert Johnson through […]

The Mississippi Humanities Council is pleased to partner with the Mississippi Book Festival and Urban Foxes to present our next "Reading the Room" event. If you love reading, socializing and any excuse to talk about books, then join us! Thursday, December 12th at 6:00 pm Urban Foxes 826 North St, Jackson, MS 39202 bring any […]

Let’s Talk About The Blues! Pine Belt Blues That Is! While honoring Mr. T-Bone Pruitt. Pinebelt Blues is shaping up to be a genre of blues coming straight from the Pinebelt. It is being spearheaded by Pinebelt Native, Ra’Shad The Blues Kid. When thinking About Pinebelt Blues it’s difficult to put into words because it’s […]

The presenter, Dr. Rebecca Jernigan, provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America with emphasis upon the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families, and our communities as reflected in the works of many of our best authors: […]

Deciding that she would rather celebrate his birth and achievements rather than focus on his death, Margaret Walker sponsored one of the first birthday convocations for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on January 12, 1969, at Jackson State University. As part of Dr. Alexander's legacy, the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University continues this […]

Speaker 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 book publishers didn’t believe the history worth chronicling. Williams is also a quilter, an artistry befitting for a woman known for paying homage to the past. Williams uses […]

The 2024-2025 season is an annual program of the Natchez Historical Society, consisting of 8 regular monthly presentations by expert speakers on humanities topics pertinent to the history of the Natchez area. Scheduled for January 28, 2025: Matthew Skic, Curator of Exhibitions, Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Muskets Along the Mississippi: The Revolutionary […]

HOMEGROWN is a full-day literary arts event, -- free and open to the public -- that presents acclaimed southern authors in moderated panel discussions that cut across multiple current, timely, and relevant topics pertinent to writing and publishing. This annual Mississippi-centric event includes programs which appeal to a broad scope of patrons who may be […]

Dr. Vanessa Holden from the University of Kentucky will speak at Mississippi College as part of MC's continued effort to bring lived and scholarly expertise of the African American experience to the Mississippi College campus and the larger metro Jackson community. She is an associate professor of History, the Director of African American and Africana […]

The 2024-2025 season is an annual program of the Natchez Historical Society, consisting of 8 regular monthly presentations by expert speakers on humanities topics pertinent to the history of the Natchez area. Scheduled for February 25, 2025: Paula C. Johnson, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law; Co-Founder and Director of the Syracuse University College of […]