Three-day celebration of Southeastern Native American and colonial-era Euro American cultures in Mississippi, including traditional dance, song and storytelling presentations by Native Americans, colonial-era food, arts and crafts, Native American Read More >
Grocery Stores have played an integral role in the establishment and development of the Chinese presence in the Mississippi Delta. While issues of segregation and equality swirled in the communities Read More >
As a part of their Friday Forum Series, Millsaps College invites you to an event located on campus, featuring poet Claudia Rankine. The public reading will take place in The Read More >
A discussion and reading of The Mississippi Encyclopedia, followed by a signing and reception.
Join the awarding-winning author in a discussion of her works, Q & A, and readings from her highly popular novels. Lisa Howorth, co-owner of Oxford's Square Books, will be presenting Read More >
A celebration of the history of play in Mississippi. Children and their families will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities that they can enjoy at the Read More >
School textbooks rarely mention much about the Great War — World War I. Although the United States only participated in the final two yeas of the conflict, it changed the Read More >
A panel discussion of The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Scholars speaking will include Jackson State University scholars Preselfannie Whitfield-McDaniel, C. Liegh McInnis, and Robby Luckett, along with Senior Editors Ted Ownby and Charles Reagan Wilson.
Mississippi Masterpieces Art and Songwriting Contest is hosted by the City of Gautier in celebration of the state’s bicentennial. The contest and its final event are meant to explore and Read More >