Events

Our next genealogy workshop will focus on state records and will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

Learn how to start researching your family history! Join our genealogy workshop on Tracing African American Ancestors Using County Records at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 17, at the William F. Winter Archives & History Building. Led by Joyce Dixon-Lawson, this workshop will teach participants how to research African American genealogy through navigating county records and resources available in MDAH's archival collections. Register here.

Join us for a screening of An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 11, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. This film explores the life of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, who witnessed the realities of segregation and racism firsthand and participated in the Civil Rights Movement. At just 19 years old, Mulholland had participated in more than three dozen protests and was put on death row after joining the Freedom Rides. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

Education staff at the Two Mississippi Museums will offer tours to guests at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, to commemorate the birthday of Emmett Till. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

Education staff at the Two Mississippi Museums will offer tours to guests at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to commemorate the birthday of Fannie Lou Hamer on Sunday, October 6. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

At noon on Wednesday, August 28, Jeannie Speck-Thompson will present “A New Collection and New Look at M.B. Mayfield’s Art” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.