Attend the No Tears Project Jackson
Witness the fusion of music and civil rights history in Jackson, MS!
By Oxford American
Jackson, Mississippi
September 27 - 29, 2024
Free to the Public
Thanks to the National Park Foundation's ParkVentures initiative; Jazz Road, a program of SouthArts; Supporting Partner Visit Jackson; and community partners One Voice, the Mississippi State Conference of NAACP, Central Mississippi Blues Society, Mississippi Book Festival, Penguin Random House, Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, and JSU's Department of Music for helping make the Jackson residency possible.
Sock Hop Dance Party & Freedom Library Story Time
Saturday, September 28, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Myrlie's Garden (Evers Home National Monument)
Missouri Street & Margaret W Alexander Drive Jackson, MS 39213
Free to the public, reserve your spot today.
Drop in with your kids to this family-friendly program to dance, for story time, and to pick up new free children’s books that celebrate Black heroes. Enjoy a reading by author Nadia Salomon from her just-published book A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story, and a fun educational activity for children ages 4-12. With live music by No Tears Project and dancers from Jackson State University's African Drum and Dance Ensemble, we'll get your weekend started right! The civil engagement organization One Voice will be on site to provide voter registration services.
The event is presented by the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Oxford American, in partnership with Mississippi Book Festival.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the National Park Foundation's ParkVentures program, the National Park Service, and Jazz Road, a program of South Arts. We are also grateful to the Supporting Partner, Visit Jackson. Additional partners include Penguin Random House, Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Central Mississippi Blues Society, JSU Department of Music, One Voice, and NAACP Mississippi State Conference.
No Tears Project ensemble is co-led by Kelley Hurt (voice) and Christopher Parker (piano), alongside Rodney Jordan (bass), Darrian Douglas (drums), Bobby LaVell (tenor saxophone), Marc Franklin (trumpet), Chad Fowler (alto saxophone), and dancer Ashley Tate. Special guests for this event include drummers Malcolm Sheppard and Rufus Mapp.
No Tears Project Free Concert
Saturday, September 28, 2024
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church
2110 West Ridgeway Street Jackson, MS
Free to the public andd seating is limited, reservations are required.
No Tears Project is excited to perform a free concert, co-presented by the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Oxford American. Reserve your free tickets now - seating is limited!
The 90-minute show will feature selections from the No Tears Project ensemble's repertoire of civil rights tunes, plus the world premiere of new music inspired by the story of the Evers Family, written by composer and bassist Rodney Jordan. A Jackson State University alumnus, Mr. Jordan is currently Chair and Professor of Jazz Studies at Florida State University. The civic engagement organization One Voice will be present to provide voter registration services prior to the concert.
No Tears Project ensemble is co-led by Kelley Hurt (voice) and Christopher Parker (piano), alongside Rodney Jordan (bass), Darrian Douglas (drums), Bobby LaVell (tenor saxophone), Marc Franklin (trumpet), Chad Fowler (alto saxophone), and special guest dancer Ashley Tate.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the National Park Foundation's ParkVentures program, the National Park Service, and Jazz Road, a program of South Arts. We are also grateful to the Supporting Partner, Visit Jackson. Additional partners include Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Central Mississippi Blues Society, Mississippi Book Festival, JSU Department of Music, One Voice, and NAACP Mississippi State Conference.
We Have Overcome:
A Conversation on Progress and the Path Forward
Sunday, September 29
3:00 PM
A pre-recorded video streaming online | Free to the public
Pre-recorded at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, join us for a discussion with civil rights advocates including Hezekiah Watkins, activist and the "youngest Freedom Rider;" Nsombi Lambright, executive director of One Voice and Allytra Perryman, deputy director of the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Ebony Lumumba, Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English and Modern Languages at Jackson State University. The conversation will track the progress of equality and voter access in Mississippi from the past to the present.
View the panel at one of the following Facebook pages: @oxfordamerican, @MedgarandMyrlieEversHomeNPS, or @CentralHighNPS.
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