The Catfish Row Museum in Vicksburg will host Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from November 19, 2022 until January 20, 2024. The exhibit is free […]
The exhibit honors 12 individuals that challenged Mississippi and America to be a more perfect union, truly expanding liberty and justice for all. These twelve individuals are: Fannie Lou Hamer, […]
Brown to lead program on the legacy of the ‘Vickburg Citizens’ Appeal.’ Brown characterizes the Vicksburg Citizens’ Appeal as “a racial uplift newspaper” that encouraged Black parents to attend PTA […]
In the last year, school districts and libraries across Mississippi have begun restricting access to books deemed to have mature content. This means students in certain school districts no longer […]
On January 19 at 6:00 p.m., Millsaps will host a screening of the documentary film “The Evers.” The screening will be followed by a conversation between Reena Evers-Everette of the […]
Mississippi College presents a series of talks entitled, "What We Can Learn From _____." This talk features 19th-century Mississippi physician A.B. Holder presented by Dr. Courtney Thompson of MSU. Following […]
Mississippi Founders, sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities "A More Perfect Union" grant, will be hosted at Mississippi College for the month of […]
Book Signing event with Andrew Maraniss: "Inaugural Ballers. The True Story of the First U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team" From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes […]
Mississippi College African American Studies presents MS Founders and Black Resistance. This exhibit is accompany to a speaker series presentation to address topics related to the exhibits themes. Dr. Kellie […]
The 2023 Jackson Book Fair will host Book Talks, Book Sales and Signings, Art/Craft Vendors, Photo Ops, Live Entertainment, Black History Theme, an Intellectual Revolution, a literary family friendly affair. […]
The Dr. John Banks House presents The Natchez Deacons for Defense: A Dramatization by Jamal McCullen. For the first time in Natchez’ history, a play will be held to tell […]