B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center

In response to school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center will offer a free computer lab for students in first to 12th grades in Indianola and Sunflower counties. The project is intended to sustain the already limited access to cultural offerings in an impoverished area of the Mississippi Delta while ensuring that students have access to computers and broadband services. The museum will transform its multi-purpose center into a computer lab where students can complete class assignments and access other resources. The lab will adhere to CDC guidelines and include 10 workstations, one of which will be handicapped accessible. The museum will hire two individuals with backgrounds in math, English/language arts, and reading to staff the lab in addition to a lab counselor who will offer much needed safe-haven services for students.