Rebecca Tuuri’s Mississippi Humanities Council talk will explore how black women leaders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) helped ensure democracy for all Americans in the 1960s. By running for Congress and leading a series of high-profile challenges to voting restrictions in the state, MFDP women built support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 […]
MS + MA is a joint project of the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mass Humanities. We’re bringing together people from our respective states for six interactive, online programs to facilitate conversation and connection. By reflecting on our states’ histories in relationship to each other, this series aims to build understanding and offer new perspectives. At […]
Dr. Elizabeth Crews will present the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Blue Mountain College: In the fall, Dr. Elizabeth Crews taught a memoir class for the Union County Heritage Museum, and this semester she is teaching a course on Mississippi writers. Dr. Crews's talk will focus on four female Mississippi authors: two black authors […]
Dr. Viola Dacus will present the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for 2021 at Mississippi College: Throughout over thirty years of teaching young singers, Dr. Viola Dacus has observed parallels in learning to sing well and living well. The lecture will consider the challenges of teaching young singers, each one of whom is literally a […]
On March 26, the Mississippi Humanities Council will host its 2021 Public Humanities Awards Ceremony to recognize outstanding work by Mississippians in bringing the insights of the humanities to public audiences. Award winners include Natasha Trethewey, former Mississippi and U.S. Poet Laureate; Dr. James Giesen, associate professor of history at Mississippi State University and state […]
The Marion County Museum will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from March 27 through May 8. Crossroads is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of six free-standing display units incorporating photographs, text, and numerous interactive elements. Requiring a minimum of […]
On April 3, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host a free walking tour of Main Street in Columbia. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Columbia through May 8. The Main Street walking tour will cover six blocks of the oldest […]
On April 3, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host a free walking tour of Columbia's city cemetery. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Columbia through May 8. In 1825, Gen. Benjamin Lee purchased a parcel of land in […]
The 2021 Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture will be given by Dr. Julia Gaffield, assistant professor of history at Georgia State University. Dr. Gaffield’s lecture is entitled “Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the Haitian Revolution.” Limited seating will be available in Jobe Hall auditorium to comply with Covid-19 regulations. The lecture will be […]
"The inaugural Glitterary Festival is a queer literary festival with a broad definition of what is literature and what is queer. We’re interested in texts where gender, sexuality, masculinity and femininity can be challenged and explored. We’re invested in conversations about race and class and issues of intersectionality. We’re intrigued by transgressions of boundaries, queering […]
The widely acclaimed Slave Dwelling Project comes to Natchez April 17 as part of an effort designed to bring attention to the world of the enslaved in the Natchez District. Educator and interpreter Joseph McGill (pictured left) founded the Slave Dwelling Project as a living history lesson. His goal is to spend an evening in […]
On April 17, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host a free program about the historic Lampton Rural Center near Columbia, Mississippi. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Columbia through May 8. Located just four miles south of Columbia, […]
