Children’s Book Discussion “Ride the Overground Railroad”
9:30 AM, Galloway Fellowship Center
Join MMA at the Mississippi Book Festival to hear from author Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrator James E. Ransome about the themes and inspiration for their book Overground Railroad.
The Great Migration Panel Discussion
2:45 PM, MS State Capitol
Chief Curator and Artistic Director of CAPE Ryan N. Dennis leads a panel discussion on the Great Migration, in connection with our exhibition. Panelists include Imani Perry, author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation; Morgan Jerkins, Wandering in Strange Lands; and Willie J. Wright, scholar and contributor to A Movement in Every Direction: A Great Migration Critical Reader.
Don’t forget to stop by our tent on Booksellers Row at the Festival to pick up the latest from The Museum Store.
For a full schedule of Mississippi Book Festival events, click here.
