At noon Wednesday, May 28, Fred Anderson, a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the Mississippi Delta, Alabama, and Southwest Georgia, will present "Eyes Have Seen: From Mississippi to Montreal" as part of the History Is Lunch series. This program explores Anderson’s childhood growing up Black in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, joining the Civil Rights Movement at fifteen, and his time in Canada during the rise of opposition to the Vietnam War. This program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and will also stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Copies of Eyes Have Seen will be available for sale with a signing to follow. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
History Is Lunch: Fred Anderson, "Eyes Have Seen: From Mississippi to Montreal"