The performance is a theatrical adaptation of the award winning children's book Voices of Freedom Fannie Lou Hamer Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement authored by Carol Boston Weatherford. The actors are faith, school and civic community members in Winona and the counties of Mongomery and Carroll. Voices of Freedom chronicles Mrs. Hamer's life from childhood through […]

What is the legacy of freedom in Mississippi and what challenges are Black Mississippians facing today? Join us for this enlightening community conversation on the legacy of Juneteenth with some of our brightest scholars. This conversation will be focused on Black Mississippian's liberation story and try to answer the question, "Are We Really Free?"   […]

A Juneteenth Celebration will be held at Valena C. Jones School on June 17, 2023, to announce the kickoff of an Oral History Project. The project is to begin collecting contact information for former teachers and students who are interested in participating in interviews. Juneteenth celebrates the independence of Black Americans, and the celebration is […]

Prepare for a full day of teach and learning African American History! The Juneteenth celebration consist of a Freedom Parade, Reenactment of Notification to African Americans being freed from slavery, Tour of Actual Slave quarters at Craft House and a full teaching and learning about slavery and Black History. Freedom parade starts at noon. The […]

Landmarks in Humanities: Teaching Architecture, History and Culture Using Historic Places will occur over three weeks hosted by The Alex Foundation. A financial gift from the Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation to Alex Foundation will give rising 7th grade students in the Delta the opportunity to tour The Belmont 1857 (formerly Belmont Plantation) beginning July […]

The Rosedale Freedom Project will begin with two 5-day intensive workshop for 7-12th grader students during the Freedom Summer Program. Eligible students are 7-12th graders in West Bolivar and Sunflower Counties. The workshops will be facilitated by Mississippi based Lanitx Poet C.T. Salazar.   The culmination of the project will be a public showcase in […]

The Coleman High School Oral History project will conduct a comprehensive history of Greenville, MS Coleman High, that closed and converted to a middle school in 1970 as voiced by former students. The project will take place over 4-5 years. A recruitment training workshop is scheduled during the 3rd biannual Coleman Reunion July 14-16 to […]

Free summer youth workshop engaging middle school students with local architecture, history and culture. Programming will take place at The Belmont 1857, a former plantation home in Greenville and the Grammy Museum Mississippi.