On Thursday, November 21, at 6 p.m. individuals featured in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum’s eighth gallery will reflect on the two years since the museum opened alongside the Museum of Mississippi History. The program, the final edition of the museum's 2019 Under the Light series, will take place in This Little Light of Mine gallery and there is no charge to attend.
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Date: Monday, October 7, 2019
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum was honored at the international museum conference Best in Heritage held September 25–27 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The three-day annual event celebrated award-winning museum projects from five continents.
Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The Two Mississippi Museums is hosting a free preview of Ken Burns’ latest documentary Country Music at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 11. Grammy winner and Louisville native Carl Jackson will make a special appearance. Seating is limited for this free event. Save your seat by registering at mpbonline.org/mpbcountry.
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019
The subject of this edition of the series is the museum’s fourth gallery, A Closed Society, which examines catalysts of the Civil Rights Movement including the return of World War II veterans, school segregation, and the murder of Emmett Till.
Daphne Chamberlain, dean of the Division of Social Sciences at Tougaloo College, will present.
Date: Friday, July 5, 2019
Learn about the power of music and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement. At 11 a.m. on Friday, July 12, Flonzie Brown Wright will lead freedom songs and share stories about her experience in the movement.
During James Meredith's March Against Fear in 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. called on Canton resident Flonzie Brown Wright to help line up food and lodging for the 3,000 people on the march. Wright became the first African American female elected official in Mississippi post-Reconstruction.
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