This presentation, by Jerry Jenkins, 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 […]

In honor of the centennial birthday of Medgar W. Evers, the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument will co-host a program titled A Centennial Conversation: […]

Join the International Museum of Muslim Cultures for their first Gallery Talk of the year with special guests: Debora Heard, Prof of Anthropology, Nubian Archaeology and Egyptian History at the University […]

B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center and Mississippi Humanities Council is hosting two programs for Black History Month to celebrate special stories and initiatives. Join us for this free program moderated by […]

The Mississippi Humanities Council, in partnership with the Visit Mississippi, will unveil a Freedom Trail marker February 28th in Fayette  at the Jefferson County Courthouse at 12 pm to honor […]

Diane Williams presents: "Parallels of Southern Storytelling and Folktales from Around the World." Diane uses the art of storytelling to uncover folktales from the south, oral history from Mississippi, often […]

William Moorer is Holmes Community College's 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Moorer's lecture, Traditional Poetry: I'm Not Dead Yet, will be presented 3/4/25 at 2:00 pm on the college’s […]

Jill Drouillard is Mississippi University for Women’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Drouillard’s lecture, The Ice Age of Making Babies and (Pro)creating Meaning in the 21st Century, will be presented […]

Hey book community! It’s that time again! Join us for our next Reading the Room event on Wednesday, February 12th at 6:00 pm, at Urban Foxes! Bring any book and […]

When it was first published in hardback in 1994 (with paperback published in 1995), John Dittmer's _Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi_ made a tremendous impact in […]