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: Davis W. Houck, "Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press in 1955"
On May 3, 2023, Davis Houck presented “’A Lynching Post-facto’: Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press in 1955” as part of the History Is Lunch program.
History Is Lunch: Devery S. Anderson, "A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard"
On April 26, 2023, Devery S. Anderson discussed his new book A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Daphne Chamberlain, "The Jackson Children's Crusade"
On April 19, 2023, Daphne Chamberlain presented “The 60th Anniversary of the Jackson Children’s Crusade” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Maryemma Graham, "The Life of Margaret Walker"
On Wednesday, April 12, for History Is Lunch Maryemma Graham discussed The House Where My Soul Lives: The Life of Margaret Walker. Twenty years in the making, the book is the first complete biography of the award-winning poet, writer, and founder of what is today the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University.
History Is Lunch: Annette Trefzer, “Eudora Welty’s Photographic Reflections”
On April 5, 2023, Annette Trefzer discussed her book Exposing Mississippi: Eudora Welty’s Photographic Reflections as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Susan Annah Currie, "The Preventorium--A Memoir"
On March 29, 2023, Susan Annah Currie discussed her memoir The Preventorium as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Phillip Gordon, "The Welcome--Creekmore's Lost Novel"
On March 22, 2023, Phillip Gordon presented “The Welcome—Hubert Creekmore’s Lost Novel” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Rick Cleveland and Bailey Howell, "Twelve Years in the NBA"
On March 15, 2023, Rick Cleveland talked with Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member and twelve-year NBA veteran Bailey Howell as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History is Lunch: Katharine Burnett and Monica Carol Miller "The Tacky South"
Katharine Burnett and Monica Carol Miller will discuss their new book The Tacky South. As a way to comment on a person’s style or taste, the word “tacky” has distinctly southern origins. Its roots trace to the so-called “tackies” who tacked horses on South Carolina farms before the Civil War.