

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sunday Screening: "In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a free screening of "In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters" at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 1, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. This 35-minute documentary uncovers the little-known love story of Phillis Wheatley, America’s first Black published poet, and John Peters, a free Black man she married in 1778. Following the screening, a panel conversation featuring moderator Robby Luckett, scholar Ebony Lumumba, and filmmakers Leslie Askew and Turlough White will highlight Margaret Walker’s creation of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival and the Black Studies program at Jackson State University. 

This event is sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council, Film Mississippi, and the Mississippi Film Society. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/jackson/sunday-screening-in-search-of-phillis-wheatley-peters/200029672475830
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 112

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029672475830?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=jackson-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Jackson
- **state**: MS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Two Mississippi Museums
- **lat**: 32.301262630871
- **long**: -90.177907681338
- **full address**: Two Mississippi Museums, Jackson, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Mississippi Civil Rights Museum (https://allevents.in/org/mississippi-civil-rights-museum/12707499)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Two Mississippi Museums, Jackson, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, entertainment, festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sunday Screening: "In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters" ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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