Lifetime Achievement Award - civil rights leader, academician, and political leader Leslie Burl McLemore, whose son Les accepted for him.
Lifetime Achievement Award - civil rights leader, academician, and political leader Leslie Burl McLemore, whose son Les accepted for him.
Teacher of the Year Award - Alexandria Drake, JPS-Tougaloo Early College High School
Teacher of the Year Award - Alexandria Drake, JPS-Tougaloo Early College High School
Book of the Year Award - Evan Howard Ashford, SUNY Oneonta, for "Mississippi Zion: The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County: 1865-1915." Presented by MHS board members Amanda Clay Powell, Rebecca Tuuri, and TJ Taylor.
Book of the Year Award - Evan Howard Ashford, SUNY Oneonta, for "Mississippi Zion: The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County: 1865-1915." Presented by MHS board members Amanda Clay Powell, Rebecca Tuuri, and TJ Taylor.
Excellence in History Award - Roderick Red for the documentary "The Defenders: How Lawyers Protected the Movement."
Excellence in History Award - Roderick Red for the documentary "The Defenders: How Lawyers Protected the Movement."
Journal of Mississippi History Best Article Award - Jere Nash for "The Mississippi Legislature Changes the Flag." Presented by Brother Rogers, MHS secretary-treasurer.
Journal of Mississippi History Best Article Award - Jere Nash for "The Mississippi Legislature Changes the Flag." Presented by Brother Rogers, MHS secretary-treasurer.
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Marc Aidinoff of University of Mississippi presented by Anne Marshall, executive director, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Marc Aidinoff of University of Mississippi presented by Anne Marshall, executive director, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University
Award of Merit - Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for publishing a history of the agency. Accepting are Jared Vardaman, Hannah East, and Claude Nash.
Award of Merit - Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for publishing a history of the agency. Accepting are Jared Vardaman, Hannah East, and Claude Nash.
Award of Merit - City of Jackson and Visit Jackson for organizing the city's bicentennial. Accepting are Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, Visit Jackson CEO Rickey Thigpen, David Lewis, and staff.
Award of Merit - City of Jackson and Visit Jackson for organizing the city's bicentennial. Accepting are Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, Visit Jackson CEO Rickey Thigpen, David Lewis, and staff.
Award of Merit - Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture and City of Natchez for designating 27 African American historical sites with signs. Accepting are museum director Bobby Dennis and Natchez First Lady Marla Gibson.
Award of Merit - Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture and City of Natchez for designating 27 African American historical sites with signs. Accepting are museum director Bobby Dennis and Natchez First Lady Marla Gibson.
Award of Merit - Mississippi Museum of Art for its exhibit A Movement in Every Direction about the Great Migration. Accepting is Lydia Jasper.
Award of Merit - Mississippi Museum of Art for its exhibit A Movement in Every Direction about the Great Migration. Accepting is Lydia Jasper.
Award of Merit - Mississippi Humanities Council for its Museum on Main Street program. Accepting are MHC director Stuart Rockoff with current and former MHC staff.
Award of Merit - Mississippi Humanities Council for its Museum on Main Street program. Accepting are MHC director Stuart Rockoff with current and former MHC staff.
Award of Merit - Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Accepting is NPS Superintendent Keena Graham and staff.
Award of Merit - Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Accepting is NPS Superintendent Keena Graham and staff.
Award of Merit - The Lighthouse Black Girl Projects for adding the Unita Blackwell property to the National Register of Historic Places. Accepting is Kia Sullivan.
Award of Merit - The Lighthouse Black Girl Projects for adding the Unita Blackwell property to the National Register of Historic Places. Accepting is Kia Sullivan.
Award of Merit - Jackson State University for project honoring the life and legacy of Jim Hill. Accepting are Heather Denne, JSU director of community engagement, and staff.
Award of Merit - Jackson State University for project honoring the life and legacy of Jim Hill. Accepting are Heather Denne, JSU director of community engagement, and staff.
Award of Merit - City of Madison for installing 10 historical markers. Accepting are Alderwoman Janie Jarvis and Lucy Weber.
Award of Merit - City of Madison for installing 10 historical markers. Accepting are Alderwoman Janie Jarvis and Lucy Weber.
Outstanding Local Historical Society Award - Historic Ocean Springs Association. Accepting are Susan Gulledge and Melanie Allen.
Outstanding Local Historical Society Award - Historic Ocean Springs Association. Accepting are Susan Gulledge and Melanie Allen.
Outgoing President Daphne Chamberlain passes the gavel to incoming President Will Bowlin.
Outgoing President Daphne Chamberlain passes the gavel to incoming President Will Bowlin.
Reena Evers-Everette joined virtually to talk with Daphne Chamberlain about the family legacy of Medgar and Myrlie Evers.
Reena Evers-Everette joined virtually to talk with Daphne Chamberlain about the family legacy of Medgar and Myrlie Evers.
A panel of students and professors from the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University included Garrard Lee, Angela Stewart, Chioma Ajunuma, Jaylen McDaniels, Jeremy McDuffey, and Carolyne Rutto.
A panel of students and professors from the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University included Garrard Lee, Angela Stewart, Chioma Ajunuma, Jaylen McDaniels, Jeremy McDuffey, and Carolyne Rutto.
Bettye Gardner talked about Jane Ellen McAllister of Vicksburg, the first African American woman to earn a PhD in education in the United States.
Bettye Gardner talked about Jane Ellen McAllister of Vicksburg, the first African American woman to earn a PhD in education in the United States.
David Rae Morris talked about Jane Ellen McAllister of Vicksburg.
David Rae Morris talked about Jane Ellen McAllister of Vicksburg.
Roscoe Barnes III of Visit Natchez talked about a project commemorating civil rights activist Anne Moody.
Roscoe Barnes III of Visit Natchez talked about a project commemorating civil rights activist Anne Moody.
Dottie Quaye Chapman Reed talked about outstanding black women of Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
Dottie Quaye Chapman Reed talked about outstanding black women of Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
MSU grad student Kasey Mosley talked about Meridian's Threefoot Building.
MSU grad student Kasey Mosley talked about Meridian's Threefoot Building.
Dr. Micah Reuber of Mississippi Valley State University talked about a liquid chlorine emergency that coincided with James Meredith's effort to be admitted to the University of Mississippi.
Dr. Micah Reuber of Mississippi Valley State University talked about a liquid chlorine emergency that coincided with James Meredith's effort to be admitted to the University of Mississippi.
Michael Tobin talked about racial violence on railroads in Mississippi.
Michael Tobin talked about racial violence on railroads in Mississippi.
Kate Gregory of Mississippi State University talked about the papers of Judge William Keady.
Kate Gregory of Mississippi State University talked about the papers of Judge William Keady.
MSU grad student Charles Jones talked about the history of feral hogs in Mississippi.
MSU grad student Charles Jones talked about the history of feral hogs in Mississippi.
Maarten Zwiers of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands talked about Jamie Whitten's influence on the agrochemical industry in the Mississippi Delta.
Maarten Zwiers of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands talked about Jamie Whitten's influence on the agrochemical industry in the Mississippi Delta.
Dustin Wren from Itawamba Agricultural High School talked about Andrew Jackson's Military Road.
Dustin Wren from Itawamba Agricultural High School talked about Andrew Jackson's Military Road.
Chris Slocombe of Creighton University talked about the Siege of Corinth.
Chris Slocombe of Creighton University talked about the Siege of Corinth.