Mississippi Humanities Council

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

The Smithsonian Comes to Rolling Fork

Address: 35 Walnut Street, Rolling Fork, MS

The Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America”, looks at that societal change and how rural America responded, and continues to respond today.  This museum quality exhibit will Read More >

Free

The Natchez Historical Society Lecture

Historic Natchez Foundation 108 S. Commerce St., Natchez, MS, United States

Dr. Max Grivno, Associate Professor, School of Humanities, University of Southern Mississippi will present a lecture entitled "Native American Diplomacy in the Colonial Period - The Natchez and Their Neighbors." Read More >

The Women that Sustained the Movement

Old Capitol Museum 100 South State Street, Jackson , MS

Join us on March 26th at the Old Capitol Museum for an evening celebrating the incredible women who sustained Freedom Summer! Discover untold stories of courage and resilience that shaped Read More >

Free

Oral and Community History Workshop

COFO Building 1017 J.R. Lynch St., Jackson, MS

Oral history workshop with Michelle Dester, author of Ida B. the Queen and Great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells.

Mississippians in the Vietnam War Exhibit

Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum 429 Pass Rd, Gulfport, MS, United States

The Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum continues to expand and tell the story of Mississippi Aviation. The Mississippians in the Vietnam War Exhibit will present an exhibit about the influence Mississippi Read More >

Free

The Thirtieth Oxford Conference for the Book

University of Mississippi

The Oxford Conference for the Book is a three-day gathering inaugurated in 1993 and held annually, except in 1997 and 2020. The event takes place in Oxford and on the Read More >

Free

Art, History, & Dialogue

Alcorn State University 1000 ASU Drive, Lorman, MS

Join an open discussion on race and history inspired by Mikael Levin’s photography. Mikael Levin: Barn. Cherry Grove Plantation. Adams County, Mississippi. 2021. The Second Creek Conspiracy of 1861 On Read More >

Behind the Big House 2024

Holly Springs Historic Courthouse 128 Van Dorn Ave, Holly Springs, MS, United States

The Rosa Foundation continues the successful and nationally recognized program of Behind the Big House (BTBH), an annual public event in Holly Springs, MS. It will be held on the Read More >

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