Calendar of Events

The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University will host a conversation on "Telling the Story of COVID-19 and Eviction" with Bracey Harris, NBC News, and Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 12, via Facebook Live. Robert Luckett, Professor of History and Director of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University,

Join Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site Cultural Resource Division final summer virtual workshop on the Power of the Press. In this presentation, Retired Broadcast Journalist Barbara Mays, will demonstrate and provide us with the different media sources that were used to get the word out on Voting Suppression and how it alerted a Nation of what

From the National Park Service: The National Capital Area History Program, in partnership with the Organization of American Historians, is pleased to invite you to register for “Black History is American History: Centering the Long Civil Rights Struggle in DC Area Parks” Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P5C4v3BcRkCkphoYp9TDeA . The virtual event will be held next Tuesday, August 17, at 1 PM EST.

For those who were unable to attend last week’s session, a follow up webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 24, at 3PM EDT. Communities for Immunity is an initiative supporting the work of museums and libraries in engaging their communities in COVID-19 vaccine confidence. Communities for Immunity invites eligible institutions to submit proposals for funding efforts

Please a presentation of the "In Plain Sight: African Americans at Andersonville National Historic Site." This special history study explores the relationship between African Americans in Southwest Georgia and Andersonville from the Civil War to the present. Register here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=urWTBhhLe02TQfMvQApUlFSlORvyVHBFohEQYcHAUSdUQlRMRlZVUVNYUVdHVkFMQTZUMTRRWFo5MCQlQCN0PWcu