This presenter shares the experiences told to him by 53 living veterans of WWII and recorded on 27 DVD tapes covering 34 hours of interviews. The veterans’ experiences provide a detailed look into how young men and women and families gave their lives to their country so that we might have the freedoms we sometimes […]

The Pascagoula River Audubon Center will host Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, from May 31 through July 7. The exhibit, which will be free and open to the public, will include a local quilt exhibition, "A River in Stitches" featuring quilts from around the state that focus on water themes. Visit the […]

The presenter describes the Battle of Shiloh and the events that led to the creation of this site as a historic spot of land. He also addresses the question of what it means to be “Southern”, the importance of tradition, the closeness to the soil of our ancestors that other secions of the country don’t […]

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of women boldly defied Victorian society norms when they disguised themselves as men, shouldered muskets and joined the firing line in the American Civil War. As soldiers, they participated in every major engagement from the beginning to the end of the war. Their wartime experiences and sacrifices mirrored those of their male […]

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 […]

Richelle Putnam shares the power and therapeutic value of words and how to explore the future by visiting the past. She shares her personal experience stories from different anthologies, provides writing prompts to spur attendee recollections and teaches how to slip past the protector to reach emotional honesty. Other speaker topics are: “How to Create […]

The presenter provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America with emphasis upon the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families and our communities as reflected in the works of many of our best authors: Welty, Wright, Faulkner, […]

On June 9, the Pascagoula River Audubon Center will host a free and open to the public program about the history of the Pascagoula River. The program will take place with the Smithsonian Institution's  traveling exhibit, which the Pascagoula River Audubon Center will host from May 31 through July 7. The June 9 program, led […]

In observance of the fifty-fifth anniversary of his death, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will host a program to commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. This free event, co-sponsored by the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute and the Mississippi Humanities Council, will be held Tuesday, June 12, at 6 p.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen […]

On June 16, the Pascagoula River Audubon Center will host Dr. James Giesen of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present his free and open to the public lecture "Water Ways: Ebbs & Flows of Mississippi History." The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibit Water/Ways, which the Pascagoula River Audubon […]

Rogers and Rodgers: Distant Father, Native Son, or The Short Saga of “The World’s Only Yodeling Rope-Throwers” illuminates the relationship between Mississippi’s “Father of Country Music” and Oklahoma’s “Favorite Son,” Jimmie Rodgers and Will Rogers. During January and February of 1931, Will Rogers, American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator and motion picture actor, mounted a Red […]

Dr. Willis teaches educators how to integrate blues education into their lesson plans for social studies, geography and history. She gives them background information, current events, historical landmarks that are significant to blues music and blues artists. She shows photos, posters and records from her private collection and also gives first-hand information from her personal […]