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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Grassroots Organizing Discussion: Black Power Roundtable Discussion

Join Tougaloo College at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 8, for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Grassroots Organizing Discussion: Black Power Roundtable Discussion as part of the SNCC & Grassroots Organizing Discussion Series. SNCC veterans Charles McLaurin and Jennifer Lawson and Movement historians Robert Greene and Emilye Crosby will discuss SNCC’s work on Black Power. This project is in collaboration with the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. For more information, visit this link here.

Upcoming Events

August 27, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

At noon on Wednesday, August 27, a panel of partners from HORNE, a professional services firm, will reflect on their groundbreaking role in Mississippi’s recovery following Hurricane Katrina. As the 20th anniversary of the storm approaches, Bryan McDonald, Scott Keller, Alethia Thomas, Timothy Smith, and Neil Ford will discuss how HORNE helped lead one of the first major collaborations between government and the private sector to manage disaster recovery in the state—a model that has since shaped efforts nationwide. This program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and will stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Visitors are also encouraged to view Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers, Photographs by Melody Golding, a special exhibit currently on display at the museums. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

August 31, 2025, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday.

September 3, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

At noon Wednesday, September 3, Missy Jones, research historian for Colorado Black Equity Study; DeeDee Baldwin, history research librarian at Miss