Events

Rev. Tracy Collins presents "Before Natchez: A Journey Through Humanity’s Deep South" on September 9, at 2:30 p.m. This presentation captures Dr. Tracy “Rev” Collins’s descent into the intricate layers of history–an exploration that blurs the boundaries between myth, memory, and human experience in the Deep South. Before Natchez traces the evolution of humanity in the region […]

This is the last of the series of luncheon lectures coming to the MS Ag & Forestry Museum. The highlight of this lecture will be How We Pickled Our Food: 1850 - 1920. In the Heritage Center Auditorium, September 11th from Noon - 1PM. Join Research Historian Casey Heilman, for an opportunity to sample some […]

This session is part of the Spark!: Places of Innovation exhibit at the Greenville Higher Education Center on the Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville campus.   This session will feature MDCC’s collaborative work between the South Delta Planning and Development District, The Industrial Company (TIC), and the Capps Center to create an innovative workforce pipeline […]

James “Jim” Giesen presents “Ain’t That America? History and Culture in the Country" Since 1920 the number of farmers in America has been dropping, yet the place of farming — and of rural life generally — in the American mind is stronger than ever. The images we encounter in country songs, labels at the grocery […]

Grady Howell presents "'Stand Fast Mississippians!' The First Regiment ‘Mississippi Rifles’ during the War with Mexico, 1846-1848" “Stand Fast Mississippians!”  Is a thoroughly researched, nonfiction narrative, detailing as completely as possible the history of Col. Jefferson Davis’ First Regiment “Mississippi Rifles” during the American War with Mexico.

Thomas D. Lewis presents "Language, race, and identity in the Gulf South" Ideas about language are ideas about people. This means that the ways we think about languages and dialects are necessarily connected to the ways we think about the people who use those dialects and languages. This presentation explores how this fact shapes the […]

Tracy Carr presents "Wanted – 1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Old Mississippi Newspapers"   A monkey named Jocko who lived at the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport, the biggest cabbage in Coahoma County, and lots and lots of crime: these are the stories found in Mississippi’s historical newspapers. Ranging from the late […]

Who gets seen, what gets collected, and who confers value? Join us for a timely conversation on the art world’s complex relationship with Black artists and subject matter, featuring Gagosian director and art and culture writer, Antwaun Sargent. Antwaun Sargent is a writer, curator, and a director at Gagosian. His recent books are The New Black Vanguard: […]