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 […]
Black women in Mississippi actively participated in the suffrage movement after the Civil War. They fought actively for women’s suffrage even as they supported Black men and passage of the 15th Amendment. With passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Black women could not claim victory. It would take another 40 years before they could […]
Humanities Teacher Awardee for Alcorn State University, Earnestine Lee, will present her public lecture: "Faced with woefully inadequate societal evidence of increasing global warming, especially in terms of reducing carbon emissions, social scientists have recognized that climate change is a human problem caused by human actions. My research focuses on the long-term threat to human […]
Humanities Teacher Awardee for Hinds Community College, Laura Hammons, will present her public lecture. Details TBA.
This presentation examines how slaves and colonists weathered the economic and political upheavals that rocked the Lower Mississippi Valley in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Dr. Pinnen focuses on the fitful–and often futile–efforts of the English, the Spanish, and the Americans to establish plantation agriculture in Natchez and its environs, […]
Annual Black history month programs featuring historical perspectives on the African American experience in Mississippi from slavery through Civil Rights and contemporary times. The February 6th event will feature guest speaker Dr. John A Peoples, Jr., retired President of Jackson State University.
Humanities Teacher Awardee for Mississippi Delta Community College, Jacquelyn Moore, will present her public lecture. Details TBA.
MDAH will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the historic election of Hiram Revels as the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate in a ceremony at the Old Capitol in Jackson on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 6 p.m. Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, will deliver the […]
Hezekiah Watkins, Mississippi Freedom Rider Annual Black history month programs featuring historical perspectives on the African American experience in Mississippi from slavery through Civil Rights and contemporary times. Feb. 13 will feature Rep. Alyce G. Clark, Rev. Edwin King, Ms. Euvester Simpson, and Mr. Hezekiah Watkins.
Through its "Bridging Cultures" Program, the International Museum of Muslin Cultures utilizes its two signature exhibitions: "Muslims with Christians and Jews: An Exhibition of Covenants and Coexistence," and "The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word" to develop a series of programs and educational opportunities. IMMC's Islamic Thought Institute engages local and national […]
Dr. Micah Rueber, Humanities Teacher Awardee for Mississippi Valley State University, will present his public lecture: Rueber will present material he has gathered while working on a manuscript about a river barge that sank in 1961. While barge sinkings are not uncommon, this one drew the attention of President Kennedy because it was carrying 1000 […]
John Robert Hall, Humanities Teacher Award winner for Holmes Community College, presents his public lecture: In 1772, John Newton, former slave trader turned Anglican priest, wrote the words to the hymn titled “Amazing Grace!” Though published in 1779, “Amazing Grace!” remained a lesser known hymn in Great Britain; however, in the nineteenth century […]
