Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker Unveiling

Palmer's Crossing Hattiesburg, MS, United States

On the morning of November 9, a Mississippi Freedom Trail markers will be unveiled honoring Victoria Gray Adams – Honoring her legacy as a Civil Rights leader and one of […]

Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker Unveiling

Zion Chapel A.M.E Church 319 North Dr. M.L. King Jr. St., Natchez, MS, United States

The city of Natchez, MS, has announced its second marker on the Mississippi Freedom Trail, located at Donnan’s Barbershop, the birthplace of the Deacons for Defense and Justice in Natchez in the 1960s. The […]

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History is Lunch “Black Quilters in the American South”

TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s (MDAH) History Is Lunch (HIL) lecture series has delved into Mississippi’s history, providing a platform for dynamic presentations by esteemed scholars, experts, authors, […]

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The Jazzman: Preservation Hall Portraits in Black and White Exhibit Opening

Lincoln County Public Library 100 S Jackson St, Brookhaven, MS, United States

The Lincoln County Public Library is hosting a exhibition, The Jazzman: Preservation Hall Portraits in Black and White, featuring the photography of Mississippian Bob Coke. Known for capturing the essence […]

gOD-Talk Sunday Screening

TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

Join us for a screening of gOD-Talk Sunday, November 17, at 2 p.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed by Kim Moir, the one […]

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History Is Lunch ‘Teaching Hard History: Places, Objects, and People’

TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s (MDAH) History Is Lunch (HIL) lecture series has delved into Mississippi’s history, providing a platform for dynamic presentations by esteemed scholars, experts, authors, […]

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Windsor Ruins Lecture Series

Alcorn State University 1000 ASU Drive, Lorman, MS

Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries will travel to Claiborne County on Thursday, December 5, to visit the Windsor Ruins, a site that once enslaved 150 African Americans. Due to the lack […]

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Home Sweet Home: L.V. Hull in Community

Kosciusko Kosciusko, MS

Home Sweet Home: L.V. Hull in Community – an exhibition contextualizing the life and work of Mississippi artist L.V. Hull The Arts Foundation of Kosciusko (AFK), presents a series of […]

HOMEGROWN: A WRITERS’ EXCHANGE: 2025

University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park Campus 730 E Beach Blvd, Long Beacj, MS, United States

HOMEGROWN is a full-day literary arts event, -- free and open to the public -- that presents acclaimed southern authors in moderated panel discussions that cut across multiple current, timely, […]

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Surviving Southampton: A Story in Three Grandmothers

Aven Hall 200 Capitol Street, Clinton, MS

Dr. Vanessa Holden from the University of Kentucky will speak at Mississippi College as part of MC's continued effort to bring lived and scholarly expertise of the African American experience […]

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The Thirty-First Oxford Conference for the Book

University of Mississippi

The Oxford Conference for the Book is a three-day gathering inaugurated in 1993 and held annually, except in 1997 and 2020. The event takes place in Oxford and on the […]

Behind the Big House 2025

Hugh Craft House and Property 184 South Memphis Street, Holly Springs, MS, United States

The Rosa Foundation continues its annual public event known as Behind the Big House (BTBH), a nationally recognized program, and recipient of the 2024 Excellence in History award from the […]

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