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 oral histories and photographs tells nationally and internationally significant stories rooted in the Mississippi Delta, a distinctive region called “The Cradle of American Culture” by […]

An exhibit titled "Through the Lens of Carl Brown: Lowndes County in the 1940s-1950s" will be on display at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library from April 9-27. An opening reception will be held Monday, April 9 at 5 p.m. The exhibit represents the culmination of a year-long project undertaken by the library's Local History Department (LHD) […]

In this presentation, the author of Dispatches from Pluto gives a behind-the-scenes account of researching and writing the popular book and  explores the unique culture of the Mississippi Delta. In his best-selling book, Dispatches From Pluto, he brings an incisive yet sympathetic eye to the culture of the Mississippi Delta. He now makes his home in Jackson, and […]

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Lecture by Dr. Jaime Harker with reception to follow. Jaime Harker holds a Ph.D. in English from Temple University. She is a professor of English and the director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi, where she teachers American literature, gay and lesbian literature, and gender studies. […]

Springboard for Opportunities invites you to an evening of celebration as their middle school students present the books they created based on the lives of Mississippi Civil Rights veterans. A Light reception will follow the presentation. Please contact Sarah Stripp at sstripp@springboardto.org or (769) 251-0924 with any questions regarding the event.

The free, family-oriented event hosts people and tribes from all over the country and includes traditional Native American dances, dancing competitions, music and art, as well as food and vendors. The Petal Southern Miss Powwow brings people together to meet and greet and become aware of the Choctaw presence and the Indian presence in the […]

A celebration and presentation of stories collected by Providence M.B. Church's program, Testimonies: Stories of Race and Reconciliation in the Mississippi Delta. Details TBA.

A living history program about the early pioneer settlers in Mississippi. Discussion centers around how they dressed, built their homes, produced and cooked their food, the use of flintlock rifles for hunting and protection of their homesteads, building fire using flint-and-steel, grinding corn in hollow stumps, children’s homemade toys and music on the mountain dulcimer. […]