Center for Culture & Learning

05/13/2018

05/07/2018

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

04/28/2018

"The world of most men is given to them by their culture..."

- The Outsider, Richard Wright, world-renowned novelist from southwest Mississippi

04/25/2018

Our hats off to all the graduates this year!

04/19/2018

We could not let National Poetry Month pass us by without the powerful words of Maya Angelou.

04/09/2018

Just an impromptu parade on campus this afternoon. 🎷🎼🎺🥁💜💛

04/04/2018

03/19/2018

Renowned violinist & storyteller, Dr. Tami Lee Hughes, along with Byron Burford-Phearse, accompanist pianist, will be performing a free concert tonight in the historic Christ Episcopal Church on the brick streets of old town Vicksburg at 7 pm. Both of these extraordinary musicians have delighted audiences nationally and internationally from New York to Paris. Last night the audience in Natchez gave a standing ovation, and tonight is the final night of her southern tour. Come out, bring your friends, and marvel at A Classical Evening with us!

03/12/2018

Alcorn State University's Vicksburg Campus and Southwest Mississippi Center for Culture and Learning, along with Christ Episcopal Church, will host renowned classical violinist and recording artist Dr. Tami Lee Hughes of Atlanta, Georgia, in a free public concert on Monday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 1115 Main Street, in Vicksburg. No advance tickets are required, but seating is limited. The program will focus on the work of African-American composers interpreted against the backdrop of American history and culture. For more information, call 601-629-3558.

03/05/2018

"A lot of things we went through. In the courthouse, they had the black fountain for the water-Well, it said, "Colored"-and the one for white. Well, I just decided I wouldn't be thirsty. I didn't drink out of the place. I said I'll work all day without water. I couldn't change it myself, but time did."

-Mrs. Lillian B. Matthews, from Delta Jewels , a book of portraits and interviews by Alysia Burton Steele.

02/23/2018

Congratulations, Harmony, and all of the first-grade students at Sherman Avenue Elementary School for making our I Can Fly Logo Contest such a success. Thanks to Dr. Davis, their principal, Superintendent Shealy, and their teachers who helped. Thanks to the SW MS Center for Culture and Learning at Alcorn State University for sponsoring the contest and the Vicksburg Post for the publicity. Our children are amazing!