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R.E.A.D. (Read, Engage, and Discover)

Children and parents are invited to the R.E.A.D. (Read, Engage, and Discover) summer enrichment program at the Two Mississippi Museums featuring special guest Traci Lee of Your Country US96 reading Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Museum of Mississippi History Facebook page. 

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Events

Welty Wednesdays
August 6, 2025, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Join the Eudora Welty House & Garden (EWHG) for Welty Wednesdays beginning Wednesday, January 8.

Voting Rights Act Anniversary Tour
August 6, 2025, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Two Mississippi Museums will host a gallery talk on Wednesday, August 6 at 10 a.m. with former state senator David Jordan in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and a 15-20 minute flash tour at 2 p.m. Join us to learn more about the efforts of Mississippi civil rights activists to secure federal protections for Black citizens’ right to vote. Don't forget to also attend this week's History Is Lunch: "Voting Rights Act 60," see our event calendar for more information, contact 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

History Is Lunch: Leslie-Burl McLemore, Jeff Kolnick, and Michelle Deardorff, "Voting Rights Act 60"
August 6, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

At noon Wednesday, August 6, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Leslie-Burl McLemore, civil rights veteran and professor emeritus of political science at Jackson State University, will be joined by historians Jeff Kolnick, history professor at Southwest Minnesota State University, and Michelle Deardorff, professor of government and department head at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, for the History Is Lunch series. This panel will explore the struggle for voting rights in Mississippi, the state’s role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the implications of the Shelby v. Holder decision by the United States Supreme Court in 2013 in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and will also stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Food will be provided by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Don't forget to also attend the Voting Rights Act 60th Anniversary gallery talk and flash tour, see our event calendar for more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

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