Event Details

• Date(s): Mon, Jan 15
• Time: 6:00 pm
• Location: Two Mississippi Museums, 222 North Street, Jackson, Mississippi, 39201

Other Information

Hosted by local Jackson artist 5th Child, this year’s MLK Night of Culture theme honors the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Artists will perform original pieces centered on freedom, voting rights, and education. MLK Night of Culture will feature artists:

• Musician – Tyler Greer
• African Drumming – Alkebulan
• Spoken Word – Vortex, JT The Poet, Brittany Wilson, and Fran Wade
• Vocalists – Vocalists – Shelby Greer, Ally Durr, and Samantha Morrow; Miss Black Mississippi USA Talented Teen 2024
• Dance – Mississippi Elite Dance and Cheer
• Visual Art – Al Thomas, Kira Cummings, and Kevin Brown

This program is free and open to the public. In case auditorium capacity is reached, overflow space will be open in the Trustmark Community Room and Spiro Pete Cora Classroom. The free visitor parking garage is accessed from Jefferson Street between Amite and Mississippi streets. For more information, email info@mdah.ms.gov or contact 601-576-6850. FedEx is sponsoring free admission to the Two Mississippi Museums Saturday, January 13, through Monday, January 15, in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.