When the Civil War brought an end to slavery, cotton plantation owners sought inexpensive labor replacements and some of the earliest Chinese to the Delta were recruited for this purpose. The Chinese did not embrace this role and instead carved a business niche in the Delta by opening grocery stores in black neighborhoods to serve […]
On August 16, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host a program titled "Keep America Beautiful" in partnership with the Keep Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful group. This program will feature a short film followed by a presentation from the Keep Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful group to share their different programs and initiatives. The free and open to […]
The Mississippi Book Festival, a nonprofit founded by literacy advocates, launched in August 2015 on the State Capitol grounds and continues to draw thousands to its annual “literary lawn party” and book lovers’ celebration. By its third year, the festival’s attendance reached 6,400 with 45 official panel discussions and activities at 10 different venues. Hundreds […]
This presentation begins with a performance of Delta blues songs from legendary Delta bluesmen and is followed by an overview of Delta blues and how it spread from the 1920s to the 1960s, influencing the blues in Chicago and, eventually, rock-n-roll. The presentation also includes a demonstration and discussion of various styles of blues and […]
A deep dive panel discussion on prison education that will examine links between literacy and incarceration, literacy and the inmate experience behind bars and literacy and the re-entry into society. Q&A session will follow. MODERATOR: Judge James E. Graves, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit SPECIAL GUEST: Piper Kerman, Author of Orange Is The New Black PANELISTS: Carol […]
On August 25, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Anne McKee of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public lecture titled "All Things Mississippi." The Speakers Bureau program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution's "Water/Ways" traveling exhibit, which the Industrial Heritage Museum will host from […]
This talk traces the roots of the modern civil rights movement to World War II, a movement that began long before the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and lasted long after Dr. King’s assassination in Memphis in 1968, a movement that in many ways never ended. Specifically, Dr. Luckett discusses the major […]
The Oxford Film Festival will host a screening of All The Difference at the Burns Belfry on August27 at 630 p.m. The largely invisible and often crushing struggles of young African-American men come vividly — and heroically — to life in All the Difference, which traces the paths of two teens from the South Side […]
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council at Lucky Town Brewing Company for the third and final installment in our summer series "Ideas on Tour." On August 28, we'll examine the idea of cultural appropriation through the lenses of food, clothing, race, and music. What's the line between appropriation and appreciation? How do we know what is "good" appropriation and […]
The Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, from August 31 through October 13. Water/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of five free-standing display units incorporating photographs and text as well as numerous interactives ranging from basic […]
On Friday, August 31, the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit Water/Ways will officially open at the Lower Mississippi River Foundation in Clarksdale. The grand opening event will be the first time for the Clarksdale community to come out and visit the exciting new exhibit, which will be on display at the Quapaw Canoe Company through October 13. Water/Ways is […]
On Saturday, September 1, the Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Dr. Wang Ping to present her program "Spirituality and Rivers" at the Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale. The program, which is free and open to the public, will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit "Water/Ways," on display in Clarksdale through […]
