Ideas on Tap: Women’s Equitable Access to Healthcare in Mississippi

Rickhouse by Manship 717 Poplar Blvd, Jackson, MS, United States

Mississippi ranks last in almost every leading health category in the US. Hospitals across rural parts of the state are in jeopardy of being shut down. This is especially challenging in a state with the highest infant mortality rate in the US, where the leading cause of infant mortality is preterm birth (delivery before 37 […]

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SB – Rushing – Over and Under the Fence: Plant Swapping Helped Form Our Culture

Itawamba County Pratt Memorial Library 210 W Cedar St, Fulton, MS, United States

Fences don’t deter gardeners who have for generations found ways over, around and under barriers (both real and figurative) to share plants, tips and recipes — really, bits of ourselves and our cultures, without regard to another gardener’s stripes or background. Since a gardener can’t give or get plants without touching another person, our garden […]

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SB – Luckett – The Mississippi Plan and the Rise of Jim Crow

Canopy Children's Solutions 1465 Lakeland Dr, Jackson, United States

After the Civil War, African Americans in the South, newly freed, expressed a tangible optimism that led to the reuniting of families, the development of social institutions like the black church, the rise of cultural expressions like the Blues and jazz, the establishment of black-owned businesses and other economic endeavors, and the wielding of significant […]

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Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

Museum of the Mississippi Delta 1608 Hwy 82 West, Greenwood, MS

Celebrity Reader:  Muddy’s grand-nephew, Keith Johnson A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork for what would become rock and roll. Michael Mahin (Author), Evan Turk (Illustrator) 

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SB – Jenkins – A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music

A-1 Event Center 1415 Country Club Dr, Jackson, MS, United States

This presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the minds and through the music of the Djeli (oral librarian/mandenka hereditary professional musicians). The establishment of the Mali Empire can be recalled and retold in […]

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SB – Garrison – Robert Johnson at the Crossroads

Emily Jones Pointer Public Library 104 Main Street, Como, MS

In colorful costume,storytellers Rebecca Jernigan and Wendy Garrison retell the tale of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. With music, drama and sign language, they recount his fateful encounter with the Prince of Darkness at the crossroads in the Delta. In educational venues they stress that the audience is integral to any live performance. They discuss the […]

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Liberty House Online Photo Exhibit Launch

Online Event

In the fall of 1965, Jesse Morris, Doris Derby and other members of the Poor Peoples Campaign formed the Liberty House. Over the years, they trained hundreds of poor African Americans in different communities across Mississippi in crafts that were collected and sold to Liberty Houses across the nation. Each Liberty House was a store […]

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Stitchin’ and Pullin’

Museum of the Mississippi Delta 1608 Hwy 82 West, Greenwood, MS

Celebrity Reader:  Textile Artist Yolande van Heerden For generations, the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama have made quilts, many of which now hang in museums as modern masterpieces.  This lyrical narrative weaves together the familial, cultural, spiritual and historical strands of life in this community.   Patricia McKissack (Author), Cozbi A. Cabera (Illustrator) 

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SB – Jenkins – A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music

Lee County Library 219 N. Madison Street, Tupelo, MS

This presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the minds and through the music of the Djeli (oral librarian/mandenka hereditary professional musicians). The establishment of the Mali Empire can be recalled and retold in […]

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SB – Jenkins – A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music

Historic Fulton Grammar School 603 S Cummings St, Fulton, MS, United States

This presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the minds and through the music of the Djeli (oral librarian/mandenka hereditary professional musicians). The establishment of the Mali Empire can be recalled and retold in […]

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Dr. Carl Rollyson Visit – Speech

Pontotoc Community House 114 N Main St, Pontotoc, MS, United States

Dr. Carl Rollyson will speak to the Pontotoc County Historical Society on Monday, July 18, at 6:00pm at the Pontotoc Community House on North Main Street. He will discuss the life of William Faulkner and present new materials that he discovered while researching his two-volume biography of Faulkner. He will focus on events that occurred […]

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Dr. Carl Rollyson Visit – New Albany Book Signing

Dr. Rollyson will visit New Albany on Tuesday and plans to speak and sign books there. On Thursday he will sign books at Square Books during the closing event of the Yoknapatawpha Conference. On Friday he is planning to speak and perhaps sign books at Ripley. During the week, when he’s not at Pontotoc, New […]

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