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We were proud to support #wzzqtheMovie with an MHC grant. Check out its broadcast premiere on May 20.

Shorts from #ReelSouth : In a conversation in 1975 with Daisy Greene, a retired school teacher in Washington County, Miss., Clinton Bagley learns about a devastating flood, cruel systems of oppression, and the voices that define the Delta. Tonight at 9PM. MPBOnline.org/television

Here's an excerpt from Aimee Nezhukumatathil's new book, BITE BY BITE! Thanks to People for featuring it!

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution picked up the piece I wrote about the 'It's in the Voices,' doc that I originally wrote for ArtsATL Check it out: ajc.com/things-to-do/r…

Congressman Bennie G. Thompson Statement Preceding Attendance to White House Ceremony Posthumously Honoring Medgar Wiley Evers with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Today, Medgar Evers will be posthumously receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Evers, a World War II veteran & civil rights leader, was assassinated on June 12, 1963, in the driveway of his home in Jackson, MS.

More from Mississippi's delegation: bit.ly/EversMedalofFr…

Looking good New Mexico Humanities Council!

We are very excited to work with Melanie Powell in her new role as executive director of Women's Foundation of Mississippi.

Bessie Coleman was determined to fly, and moved to France to make it happen. She became the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license and continues to inspire pilots around the world. Coleman died at age 34, today in 1926.

Pub Day for my book of food essays, BITE BY BITE! It’s been a delicious & difficult time but I hope it gives you nourishment. Here’s where I’ll be this spring. I’m honored to sit with so many heroes. It becomes our nourishing bc we take care of each other. Come, sit next to me.

What an honor for friendlycitybooks to be in the The New York Times! It means a lot to be recognized in this insightful and honest look at traditions and change here in Columbus, Mississippi.

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TVA honored to be the presenting sponsor for the Smithsonian Crossroads Exhibit across the state. Thanks to the MSHumanities Council for this opportunity. Wonderful night in Pontotoc! Pontotoc Electric Bill Renick Stuart Rockoff Tombigbee Electric

A new play written by Janet Langhart Cohen, which “imagines a conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till,” is being performed by students for students to keep their memories alive. Read about “Anne & Emmett” here: tinyurl.com/4yavnzfy

So excited for my newest collection of essays— this time on food and what nourishes us. Preorders are so important for the life of a book. Hit up your fave bookstore! harpercollins.com/products/bite-…

Thelma Newsome to speak at 84th commemoration of Rhythm Night Club Fire

This event honors the 209-plus victims that died in the club fire on April 23, 1940, as well those who survived that tragic event.

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Historian Dan Jordan left a nationally renowned legacy in leading Jefferson’s Monticello

Columnist Sid Salter remembers the life of one of America’s most distinguished and respected historians who was a native Mississippian.

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Dr. Tyrone Jackson has recently been elected to serve a four-year term on the Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) board. The MHC board is composed of 22 members, five of whom are appointed by the governor and the remain... enterprise-tocsin.com/local-content-…

#OnThisDay in 1961, nine Black students from Tougaloo College entered the all-white Jackson Municipal Library and sat down. Police arrived and ordered them to go to the “colored” library, but when they refused, police arrested them.

On the day of their trial, Jackson State…

Happy Founders' Day, Southern Miss! We're celebrating 114 years since our founding. SMTTT!