Surviving Southampton: A Story in Three Grandmothers

Mississippi College 200 Capitol St., Clinton, MS

Dr. Vanessa Holden from the University of Kentucky will speak at Mississippi College as part of MC's continued effort to bring lived and scholarly expertise of the African American experience […]

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HTA Lecture: This is a Beast. The Beast is Us.

Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United States

Jesse Brown is Delta State University's 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Brown’s lecture, This is a Beast. The Beast is Us., will be presented 2/6/25 at 7:00 pm on […]

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Speakers Bureau: “The Cakewalk”

M.R. Davis Public Library 8554 Northwest Dr, Southaven, MS, United States

If you think the cakewalk is just a musical chairs game to win a cake, think again. Step back into the ’90s to recapture ragtime when the African American “cakewalk” […]

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HTA Lecture: Epic Ideas, Lyric Insights: Homer, Virgil, Ovid

Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street, Jackson, Mississippi

Micael Gleason is Millsaps College’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Gleason’s lecture, Epic Ideas, Lyric Insights: Homer, Virgil, Ovid, will be presented 2/13/25 at 4:00 pm on the college’s campus […]

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Film Screening: This World Is Not My Own

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

We will co-host a screening of the unique documentary and animation film This World is Not My Own, which tells the life story of the self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe. […]

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HTA Lecture: Building A Community of Learners: Fostering Community

Mississippi Delta Community College Hwy 3 & Cherry St., Moorhead, MS, United States

Brandi Pillow is Mississippi Delta Community College's 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Pillow's lecture, Building A Community of Learners: Fostering Community, will be presented 2/18/25 at 11:00 am on […]

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Speakers Bureau: “Robert Johnson at the Crossroads”

Boys and Girls Club of North Mississippi 1242 S Green St, Tupelo, MS, United States

Since 1920 the number of farmers in America has been dropping, yet the place of farming — and of rural life generally — in the American mind is stronger than […]

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