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Teacher Workshop To Focus On Women
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From left, Mississippi state senator John Horhn, MDAH board of trustees president Kane Ditto, former NAACP chair Myrlie Evers, Kellogg Foundation president and CEO La June Montgomery Tabron, former governor William Winter, and MDAH director H.T. Holmes.
Rights Museum will leam lessons of sacrifice, courage, and determination that will help them make a difference in Mississippi and the world.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, founded in 1930 as an independent, private founda-
tion by breakfast cereal pioneer Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States. The Kellogg Foundation is based in Battle Creek, Michigan, and works throughout the United States and internation-
ally, as well as with sovereign tribes. Special emphasis is paid to priority places where there are high concentrations of poverty and where children face significant barriers to success. For more information visit www.wkkf.org.
Spring Emancipation Symposium Set
For thirty years the Department of Archives and History has drawn social studies teachers from around the state each fall to its annual workshop at the Old Capitol that helps translate Mississippi history into classroom experiences. Now MDAH is expanding its outreach with a new series of teacher workshops that will be held around the state each spring. The annual conference will approach the state’s history thematically, examining a different aspect each year.
The inaugural workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 21, in Natchez and explore the role women have played in Mississippi’s history, from politics and civic activism to the arts and education. Topics will include the matrilineally organized societies of American Indians; women’s lives during the Civil War and World War II; the legacy of women in the Civil Rights Movement; woman suffrage; and the life of Mississippi poet and educator Margaret Walker Alexander. Presenters will include Reena Evers-Everette, president of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute; Robby Luckett, director of the Margaret Walker Alexander Center at Jackson State University; and David Slay, Vicksburg National Military Park.
A .5 CEU credit is issued through Mississippi College. The Spring Workshop will be held at the Natchez Convention Center, 211 Main Street. Registration is $40, and the deadline is February 13, 2015. For more information call 601-576-6800.
The year 1865 marked the end of the Civil War and the promise of freedom for the nation’s enslaved people. A celebration of this pivotal moment, “Mississippi Jubilee,” is set for Wednesday, April 15, through Friday, April 17, in Jackson.
Activities will range from musical and theatrical performances at the Smith Robertson Museum and Mississippi Museum of Art to symposia at the Old Capitol Museum and Tougaloo College.
The April 16 symposium at the Old Capitol, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will include topics related to black soldiers’ roles in the Civil War, life in contraband camps, and the Freedmen’s Bu-
reau. Duke University associate professor Thavolia Glymph will discuss the experience of former slaves in refugee camps.
On April 17 the morning symposium at Tougaloo College will feature a panel discussion on education and the freed slaves. Topics will include the history of black education and Smith Robertson School and the founding of Rust College, Tougaloo College, and Jackson State University.
“As we have commemorated significant events in Civil War and Civil Rights history these past few years, it’s important to remember the transformative impact of the emancipation of
slaves in Mississippi and across the South,” said Mississippi Humanities Council director Stuart Rockoff. “More than half of Mississippi’s population became free with the end of slavery. The Mississippi Humanities Council is excited to work with MDAH and our other partners to help bring increased public awareness to this watershed event in our state’s history.” *
“Mississippi Jubilee” is made possible through a partnership with the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University, Mississippi Humanities Council Smith Robertson Museum, Tougaloo College, and the University of Southern Mississippi.