The Natchez Deacons for Defense

Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church 607 Madison St., Natchez, MS, United States

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 […]

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Medicine Wheel Garden

USM Liberal Arts Building 114 N. 31st Ave., Hattiesburg, MS

The University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for American Indian Research and Studies will host a four-part series of public lectures and demonstrations exploring how Native Ancestors across the southeast used […]

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What We Can Learn From… Lecture Series

Aven Hall 200 Capitol Street, Clinton, MS

Mississippi College presents a series of talks entitled, “What We Can Learn From _____.” This talk features Daphne Chamberlain presenting on youth involvement in the Civil Rights movement. "Oh Freedom! […]

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Natchez Literary & Cinema Celebration

Natchez Convention Center 211 Main Street, Natchez, MS

This annual celebration, which began in 1990, is a theme-based lecture series enhanced by films, workshops, exhibitions, book signings, concerts, discussions and more. The conference is made possible in part […]

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The Impact of Rap Music on Today’s Youth

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Community Library Mississippi presents The Impact of Rap Music on Today's Youth Community Speaking Series presented Malesha Smith live on Zoom and Facebook Live. Get your tickets at eventbrite.com  or […]

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Meridian History Walk

Meridian, MS

From the Civil War burning of Meridian to a tornado wiping out the city’s business district 1906, the history of the Queen City will come alive for area residents Saturday […]

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Oral History Workshop

Tell Your Story Stories guide our work and are the threads that bring communities together and connect people to the things they're passionate about. We're proud to partner with the […]

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Grants Workshop

Register today! Join representatives from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for Humanities virtually to learn more about funding opportunities through grants other resources. Questions or […]

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Public Humanities Awards

TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

The Mississippi Humanities Council announced the winners of its 2023 Public Humanities Awards recognizing outstanding work in preserving and sharing Mississippi’s unique history and culture. The awards ceremony will be […]

Banned Book Festival

Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street, Jackson, Mississippi

Millsaps College will host its very first Banned Books Festival on March 25, 2023. Increasingly, multitudes of books have been banned from public school libraries for their subject matter—for example, […]

The Twenty-Ninth Oxford Conference for the Book

The Overby Center 555 Grove Loop, University, MS, United States

Founded by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Square Books, the Oxford Conference  for the Book brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, artists, poets, publishers, teachers, […]

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