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The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, the origins of blues music, Mississippi during World War I, and women’s suffrage are some of the
A historic African American library, a Jewish synagogue, and two Jackson elementary schools have been listed on the National Regist
On Saturday, January 27, the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians will hold the 11th Moon program, where local storytellers will share traditional Native American tales outdoors on the grounds near a bonfire.
Eudora Welty and Fannye Cook were two of the most significant Mississippians of the twentieth century—one a founder of a state agency a
At noon on Wednesday, November 28, as part of the department’s History Is Lunch series, Tony L.
Applications are being accepted for the 2018 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship.
The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, interconnected museums that take visitors through the sweep of Mississippi history and the state’s role as ground zero in the U.S.