SB: Southern Wisdom from Delta Church Mothers

Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street, Jackson, Mississippi

Award-winning journalist Alysia Burton Steele’s Delta Jewels: In Search of My Grandmother’s Wisdom is a visual and lyrical tribute to African American church mothers from the Mississippi Delta. This groundbreaking collection of […]

“Baltimore” Performance & Discussion

Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United States

The Sunflower County Freedom Project youth drama will present Baltimore, a play by Kirsten Greenridge. Baltimore focuses on a group of college students whose lvies are shaken when someone draws an offensive picture […]

DSU’s Winning the Race Conference 2019

Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United States

The Winning the Race Conference was developed with three overarching goals: engage in conversations with campus and community constituencies that will build an appreciation for diversity differences and a spirit […]

Representing the Experiences of Women: Women in Mississippi Politics

Hardy Hall Ballroom 730 East Beach Blvd., Long Beach, MS

The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus premieres its spring 2019 Cultural Arts Series, "Representing the Experiences of Women, From the English Renaissance to Right Now." On March 25, […]

Shange’s Sojourn: Women, Art, & Activism

Jackson State University 1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS

"Shange's Sojourn: 'Somebody almost walked off with alla my stuff!' Women, Art, & Activism" is a celebration of Women's History Month recognizing Ntozake Shange's legacy as established bby the release […]

The Twenty-Sixth Oxford Conference for the Book

Various Locations in Oxford; Visit Website for More Information

Founded by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Square Books, the conference brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, artists, poets, publishers, teachers, students, and literacy advocates […]

SB: Rethinking Mass Incarceration for a Better Way Forward

Hines Hall Auditorium 101 Cunningham Blvd., Booneville, MS

This presentation consists of a brief introduction of the current state of incarceration in America and Mississippi. Dr. Pickett will then share with the audience the long history of incarceration […]

Behind the Big House

Hugh Craft House 184 S. Memphis St., Holly Springs, MS

The Behind The Big House Tour is uncovering the truth about slavery in antebellum Holly Springs.  Re-enactors channel the lives of enslaved people in the houses where they actually lived. […]

MHC Public Humanities Awards and Gala

Old Capitol Museum 100 South State Street, Jackson , MS

The Mississippi Humanities Council will hold its Public Humanities Awards and Gala April 5, 2019, at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson. The awards recognize outstanding work by Mississippians in […]

Let the World See What I’ve Seen

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

The murder of Emmett Till remains fresh in our memory as evidenced by recent articles in the Clarion Ledger by a variety of authors particularly since the reopening of the case by […]

“Mississippi Justice” Film Screening and Panel

MC Law CNS Building 151 E. Griffith Street, Jackson, MS

NMHS Unlimited Productions and the Mississippi Humanities Council present the documentary film “Mississippi Justice,” a film based on actual events that occurred in Pike County, Mississippi in 1951.  This event […]