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: Jassen Callender, "Building Cities to LAST"
On March 16, 2022, Jassen Callender presented “Building Cities to LAST” as part of the History Is Lunch series. Callender, a professor of architecture at Mississippi State University, is the author of a new book on sustainable urbanism.
History Is Lunch: Lynn Fitch and Jennifer Ingram Johnson, "The Life and Career of Evelyn Gandy"
On March 9, 2022, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Jennifer Ingram Johnson presented “The Life and Career of Evelyn Gandy” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Hosemann, Gunn, Hopson, Simmons, and Johnson, "The New Mississippi Flag"
On March 2, 2022, Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann, Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, Senator Briggs Hopson, Senator Derrick Simmons, and Representative Robert Johnson discussed the process of adopting the new Mississippi flag as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Calvin Head and Leroy Johnson, "Mileston Cooperative Farm"
On February 23, 2022, Calvin Head and Leroy Johnson presented “Mileston Cooperative Farm” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: David Taylor, Holly Foster, and Eric Platt, “Mississippi College In the Civil War”
On February 16, 2022, David E. Taylor, Holly A. Foster, and R. Eric Platt presented “Mississippi College during the Civil War” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The three are co-authors of the chapter “Mississippi College and the Mississippi College Rifles: A Campus at War and Death on the Battlefield” in the new University Press of Mississippi book Persistence through Peril: Episodes of College Life and Academic Endurance in the Civil War South.
History Is Lunch: Talamieka Brice & Kiese Laymon, "Duck Hill Lynchings: National and Local History"
On February 9, 2022, Talamieka Brice and Kiese Laymon presented “Duck Hill Lynchings: Local and National History" as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Frank Figgers, "Stories and Secrets: A History of the M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge"
On February 2, 2022, Frank Figgers presented “Stories and Secrets: A History of the Stringer Grand Lodge” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Dr. William E. Cochran, "Optometry in Mississippi, 1920-2020"
On January 26, 2022, Dr. William E. Cochran presented “A History of Optometry in Mississippi” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Berkley Hudson, "Pruitt's Historical Columbus Photographs"
On January 19, 2022, Berkley Hudson presented “Pruitt’s Historic Columbus Photographs” as part of the History Is Lunch series.