History Is Lunch is a weekly lecture series that explores different aspects of the state's past. The hour-long programs are held in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building in Jackson.
MDAH livestreams the program at noon on Wednesdays on MDAH's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial/. The videos are posted on the department’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/MDAHVideo.
History Is Lunch: "Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy" - Jeffrey Boutwell
At noon on Wednesday, April 30, Jeffrey Boutwell presented History Is Lunch: "Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: "All the Things We Didn’t Say: Two Memoirs" - Marion Garrard Barnwell
At noon on Wednesday, April 23, Marion Garrard Barnwell in Conversation with Libby Hartfield presented History Is Lunch: "All the Things We Didn’t Say: Two Memoirs" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Anne Marshall, "Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University"
At noon on Wednesday, April 16, Anne Marshall presented History Is Lunch: "Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Andy Taggart, "The Legacy of Kirk Fordice"
At noon on Wednesday, April 2, Andy Taggart presented History Is Lunch: "The Legacy of Kirk Fordice: His Politics, His Policies, and His People” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Bill Crawford in conversation with Luther Munford, A Republican's Lament
At noon on Wednesday, March 26, Bill Crawford and Luther Munford discussed A Republican's Lament: Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Juanita Green Hollinghead - Beyond the Green Widow
On Wednesday, March 19, Juanita Green Hollinghead presented "Beyond the Green Widow: Consequences of the Piney Woods Creek Murders of 1921" as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Charles Bolton - " Mississippi and World War II"
At noon on Wednesday, March 12, Charles Bolton, author and professor of history at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, presented “Mississippi and World War II” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: "Remembering Elbert R. Hilliard" - Brother Rogers
On Wednesday, March 5, Brother Rogers presented "Remembering Elbert R. Hilliard" as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History is Lunch: Omo Moses - "The White Peril: A Family Memoir"
On Wednesday, February 26, Omo Moses, activist, educator, and media maker, presented “The White Peril: A Family Memoir” as part of the History Is Lunch series.