Mississippi has been home to numerous Indian tribes including Choctaws, Chickasaws, Natchez, Creeks, Houmas and others. Mississippi History begins with these tribes. Powwows are events where Native Americans and others gather, celebrate our cultures and share our cultures with Natives and non Natives. With Native Americans only 2% of the U.S. population, to make this […]
A dramatic monologue drawn from the nonfiction prose of Flannery O’Connor. The one-woman show incorporates O’Connor’s opinions on a variety of subjects, including writing, other writers, religion, and peacocks. Beverly Fatherree is an English Instructor at Hinds Community College. She has performed as O'Connor at the Flannery O'Connor Birthplace Trust and in a variety of […]
School textbooks rarely mention much about the Great War — World War I. Although the United States only participated in the final two yeas of the conflict, it changed the world. Drawing on letters published in Mississippi newspapers from across the state, this presentation tells the story of Mississippians who participated in the Great War. […]
Behind the Big House: Preserving the Histories and Architecture of Slavery is an educational program initiated by Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs, Inc. held in conjunction with the Annual Pilgrimage that explores the area’s rare extant inventory of structures related to slavery. Now in its fourth season, the tour has garnered rave reviews for […]
On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the nation's twentieth state. Starting in 2016 a new traveling exhibit featuring Mississippi's first constitution and the first U.S. flag to include a star for the new state will tour the state to celebrate the approaching bicentennial. The project will partner with nine local institutions across the state to […]
Fifty-Seven years ago, Biloxi's beaches were restricted to white persons only. In 1960, local African American residents led by physician, Dr. Gilbert Mason, Sr., waded into the waters of the Mississippi Sound, to challenge the beach segregation, triggering a riot by white residents. Federal officials intervened with litigation that desegregated the beach. To commemorate the […]
Flonzie Wright Brown has been involved in the Civil Rights Movement since 1963. Her presentation examines the role of youths in the movement, the importance of women in the struggle, the impact of slavery and lessons learned and the impact today of obtaining the right to vote. Ms. Brown recaps the Civil Rights Movement and […]
Flonzie Wright Brown has been involved in the Civil Rights Movement since 1963. Her presentation examines the role of youths in the movement, the importance of women in the struggle, the impact of slavery and lessons learned and the impact today of obtaining the right to vote. Ms. Brown recaps the Civil Rights Movement and […]
Music of this period played on the Appalachian Mountain dulcimer, banjo-mier and wooden spoons. Period clothing worn. Audience may help play the spoons. Mr. Arinder has studied Early American and Native American cultures for nearly 50 years, assembling a sizeable collection of artifacts which he uses to leade living history programs for local schools, civic […]
The Lebanese in America traveling exhibit is coming to The Museum of the Mississippi Delta in Greenwood April 17-May 12, 2017. The exhibit contains eight narrative pop-up displays with photographs, graphics, and QR Codes linked to supplementary materials. The panels describe the history, conditions and impact of Lebanese immigration nationally, offering a framework in which […]
Mississippi Public Broadcasting will air “Yazoo Revisited: Integration and Segregation in a Deep Southern Town,” a documentary film looking back at the history and integration of Yazoo City schools and how race relations have developed since then. In 1970, under a ruling by the Supreme Court, Mississippi finally implemented full integration of its public schools. […]
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 […]
