Mississippi Humanities Council

  • Interpreting Our History & Culture
  • Fostering Civil Conversations
  • Enriching Communities

“A Place for All People” Exhibit Installation

Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University 1400 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS, United States

Through the Prison to College Pipeline, founded to provide access to college curriculum to state inmates in Mississippi, the Margaret Walker Center has the opportunity to bring the exhibition A Read More >

“Mississippians Forever Free” Gallery Exhibit

Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County 329 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS

Part of Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County's "Celebrating African American History & Culture" series that will be on display during February, Black History Month, in the library galleries.

“Marshall” Movie Screening

Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County 329 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS

Part of The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County's Celebrating African American History & Culture series.

“Why We Call It Soul Food”

Train Depot 308 Newman Street , Hattiesburg , MS

Part of The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County’s Celebrating African American History & Culture series.

Hattiesburg Library Lecture– “Camp Van Dorn”

Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County 329 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS

Part of the Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County Library's Celebrating African American History & Culture Series. Lecture by Dr. Charles Bolton titled "Camp Van Dorn, WWII Mobilization, & Black Troops Read More >

Bringing Forward the Past: Art, Identity, and the American South

Mississippi Museum of Art 380 South Lamar Street, Jackson, MS

A day-and-a-half long interdisciplinary symposium that will convene artists, curators, scholars, and the public to explore issues related to identity, race, indigeneity, trauma, and memory. Occurring February 16-18, Bringing Forward Read More >

2018 Public Humanities Awards Gala

Old Capitol Museum 100 South State Street, Jackson , MS

The Mississippi Humanities Council will present its 2018 Public Humanities Awards at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson. The Public Humanities Awards recognize outstanding work by Mississippians in bringing the insights Read More >

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Monday Night Book Club: “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County 329 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS

Part of Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County's Celebrating African American History & Culture Series.

Ideas on Tap

Hal & Mal's 200 Commerce Street, Jackson, MS, United States

Join the Mississippi Humanities Council, Rethink Mississippi, and the Women's Foundation of Mississippi at Hal and Mal's in Jackson on February 20 for the second installment in our spring series "Emerging Mississippi." Each month, Read More >

“Back in the Day” Black History Celebration

New Hope Baptist Church 5202 Watkins Dr., Jackson, MS

Annual ecumenical Black History Celebration. The 2018 celebration features Greenwood native, Dr. Tonea Stewart, actress and dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Alabama State University. Stewart Read More >