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I must say that I'm happy to be listed among the winners.
Jackson, Mississippi (December 14, 2022) —The Mississippi
Humanities Council announced the winners of its 2023 Public Humanities Awards
recognizing outstanding work in preserving and sharing Mississippi’s unique
history and culture. The awards ceremony will be held March 24, 2023 at the Two
Mississippi Museums in Jackson. Tickets can be purchased at mshumanities.org.
Jeanne
Luckett, a leader in public humanities in Mississippi for over
50 years, will receive the Cora Norman Award which recognizes lifetime
achievement in the humanities. Luckett, a former Mississippi Humanities Council
board chair, has worked on countless humanities projects over the years. She
was very involved in the beginning years of Mississippi Educational Television
(MPB today); Luckett developed the exhibits about Medgar and Myrlie Evers at
the Evers House and the Jackson airport and coordinated the 50th anniversary
commemoration of the Freedom Rides. She has developed exhibits for the 18th
century LaPointe-Krebs House in Pascagoula and exhibits for the International
Museum of Muslim Cultures in Jackson. She has worked with the Eudora Welty
Foundation for several years and is an active researcher and writer for the
Mississippi Freedom Trail.
Also being honored for their outstanding contributions to
Mississippi humanities:
Humanities
Scholar Award– Dr.
Rebecca Tuuri, associate professor of history at USM. Dr. Tuuri is
the scholar for the Smithsonian exhibit “Voices & Votes: Democracy in
America., currently traveling the state. She worked closely with all six host
sites creating unique presentations for each. Dr. Tuuri is also a popular
member of the MHC speaker’s bureau and serves on the scholars committee for
both the Mississippi Freedom Trail and the More Perfect Union project.
Humanities
Educator– Dr.
Ebony Lumumba, associate
professor of English and chair of the Department of English, Foreign Languages,
& Speech Communication at Jackson State University. This
award recognizes Dr. Lumumba’s outstanding work leading the MHC’s book
discussion program at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Dr.
Lumumba has deeply engaged the men in the works of Mississippi writer Jesmyn
Ward. Due to the success of her teaching, the prison book club program is now
expanding to other facilities across the state.
Humanities
Partner– Dr.
Roscoe Barnes, cultural heritage tourism manager at Visit Natchez.
Dr. Barnes has been a vital partner of the MHC, making connections with African
American museums and community organizations in Natchez. At least six different
MHC grants can be linked to
Barnes’ partnership. He has encouraged the Dr. John Banks
House, the Rhythm Night Club Memorial Museum and the Natchez Museum of
African American History and Culture to apply for MHC grants. Once those grants
were awarded, he wrote press releases that have been widely carried in the
media, always highlighting the impact of the MHC. Like the MHC, Roscoe is a
behind-the-scenes connector whose partnership has greatly expanded the
Council’s work in southwest Mississippi.
Reflecting
Mississippi Award– Utica
Institute Museum. The team at Hinds Community College-Utica has
done an outstanding job of preserving and telling the story of William
Holtzclaw and the Utica Institute, which was established in 1903 to educate
rural Black Mississippians. The project has received two major grants from the
National Endowment for the Humanities and multiple grants from the MHC to
create the museum on campus, develop an exhibit about the Utica Jubilee
Singers, and hold public humanities programs for their campus and Utica
community.
Also, the MHC will recognize 30 recipients of the 2023
Humanities Teacher Awards, which pay tribute to outstanding faculty in
traditional humanities fields at each of our state’s institutions of higher
learning.
The Council invites everyone to join them at their 2023
Public Humanities Awards ceremony and reception March 24, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. at
the Two Mississippi Museums.
Tickets for the Mississippi Humanities Council Public
Humanities Awards ceremony and reception are $50 each and may be purchased
through the MHC website or by sending a check to the Mississippi Humanities
Council, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Room 317, Jackson, MS 39211.
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