Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state's universities and colleges.  From MS Delta Community College, this year’s recipient is Jennifer Woodard. Topic: "Art at Parchman: An Appreciation, A Lifestyle" Lecture is at 11:00 am in the Yeats Fine Arts Auditorium, MDCC Campus

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state's universities and colleges.  From Itawamba Community College, this year’s recipient is Christy Colburn. Topic: "Music: A Uniquely Human Experience." Lecture is at 6:00 pm in the W. O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center Auditorium, ICC Fulton Campus

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state's universities and colleges.  From Coahoma Community College, this year’s recipient is Dr. Kelvin Towers. Topic: "A History of African American Music." Lecture is at 12:00 in The Gallery on Coahoma CC's Campus.

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state's universities and colleges.  From Rust College, this year’s recipient is Sheronda Gipson-Marion. Topic: "Archives in the Classroom: Using Campus History in Freshman Writing and Research." Lecture is at 2:00 pm in Moorehouse Auditorium on Rust College's Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state's universities and colleges.  From Mississippi University for Women, this year’s recipient is Melissa Smith. Topic: "Storytelling: The Journeys of Three Jessicas." Lecture is at 4:00 pm in Gail Gunter Multipurpose Room, Fant Memorial Library on MUW's Read More >

Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with the Catfish Row Museum! Join us Saturday, February 10 to kick off our newest exhibit: VICKSBURG'S CIVIL RIGHTS LEGACY. Visit the exhibit and listen to a performance by Jerry Jenkins, a musician and educator trained in the music of West Africa.

Join us for a free screening of "Butterfly In the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow" at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 11, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. This film follows the journey of the popular PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow,” and the challenges its memorable host, LeVar Burton, Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Mississippi Valley State University, this year’s recipient is Latonzia N. Evans. Topic: “Moving the Crowd: The Intersection of Hip-Hop and Social Justice.” Lecture is at 11:00 am in the Business Education Building Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Meridian Community College, this year’s recipient is Jade Parkes. Topic: “Before Green Eggs, Grinches, or Cats in Hats: An Examination of the World War II-Era Works of Dr. Seuss.” Lecture is at Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Jackson State University, this year’s recipient is Dr. LaTannia Ellerbe. Topic: “Why Not an HBCU? The Importance of HBCU's in Post-Secondary Music Education.” Lecture is at 10:00 am in the Liberal Arts Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Holmes Community College-Ridgeland's Campus, this year’s recipient is Laura Coleman Canard. Topic: “The Value of Knowing the Past.” Lecture is at 1:45 pm in the D.P. "Pat" McGowan Workforce Training Center on Read More >

Gigi Coleman, the great niece of Betsy Coleman, travels the country telling the story of her great aunt Betsy Coleman. On Thursday, February 22, The Mississippi Aviation Heritage museum invites the public to learn about America's first black woman pilot and the history behind her obtaining that elusive pilot license, in an era where blacks Read More >

As part of a continued effort by Mississippi College (MC) to bring lived and scholarly expertise of the African American experience to its campus and the larger metro Jackson community, MC has secured Dr. Crystal Sanders from Emory University as its 2024 African American Studies Lecture Series speaker. Sanders is an associate professor of African Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Copiah-Lincoln Community College, this year’s recipient is Janie Blakeney. Topic: “Ink and Justice: The Role of Literature in Challenging Inequality.” Lecture is at 9:00 am in the Parker Academic Building on Copiah-Lincoln Read More >

This presentation uses documents from The Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project (CWRGM), co-directed by Ural, to let audience members hear from Mississippians of all backgrounds as they experienced the years that revolutionized the state and the nation. CWRGM is a federally-funded project that digitizes, transcribes, and annotates Mississippi’s governors’ papers from 1859 through 1882 Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Belhaven University, this year’s recipient is Dr. Elissa Sartwell. Topic: “Towards a Theatre of Connection.” Lecture is at 3:00 pm in the Student Center Theatre on Belhaven's Campus.

Dr. Roscoe Barnes, Cultural Heritage Tourism Manager, Visit Natchez will present a lecture titled "Ann Moody’s Novel, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Why It Matters." Social time begins at 5:30pm Lecture starts at 6:00pm The Natchez Historical Society is a historical preservation organization, founded in 1954, and open to the public. The Natchez Historical Society Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Delta State University, this year’s recipient is Dr. Melanie Anderson. Topic: “Women of Weird Tales: Addressing a Gap in the History of Horror in the U.S.” Lecture is at 6:00 pm in Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Pearl River Community College, this year’s recipient is Helene Goldstein. Topic: “History Repeating: Why the Rise of Anti-Semitism Should Concern Us All.” Lecture is at 11:00 am in the West Dining Room, Read More >

Each year the MS Humanities Council celebrates the Humanities with the Humanities Teacher Awards for all of the state’s universities and colleges.  From Jones County Junior College, this year’s recipient is Kathryn Davis. Topic: “The Feature Film: A Cinematic Journey of Emerging Adulthood.” Lecture is at 10:00 am in the Home Health Auditorium on JCJC's Read More >

Behind the Big House is one of few historic site tours developed with the specific goal of interpreting slavery. The program began with several private homeowners in Holly Springs, Mississippi, who opened slave houses on their properties to the public. Since 2012, the program has educated thousands in North Mississippi and Arkansas. This presentation discusses Read More >