Tracing Your Ancestry: Beginner Genealogy Workshop

Interested in starting your journey in African American genealogy? Joyce Dixon-Lawson will lead a beginner genealogy workshop at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 21, at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. This workshop will cover how to begin genealogical research and solutions for struggling researchers. Following the program, participants will have the opportunity to sign-up for a free research card.

Pressed Flower Workship

Learn how to press flowers and foliage at the Eudora Welty House & Garden on Thursday, February 12, at 5 p.m. Kaylee Warren, garden curator, will lead a Galentine’s/Palentine’s-themed pressed flower workshop using flowers and petals from the Welty Garden.

History Is Lunch: The Hill Country Project, "The Freedom Struggle and Local People in Benton County"

At noon on Wednesday, February 25, a panel associated with the Hill Country Project—Roy DeBerry, John Lyons, Aviva Futorian, and Sharon Gates-Albert—will present the history of the Benton County Freedom Train as part of the History is Lunch series. The Benton County Freedom Train was a newspaper featuring news, stories, and poetry centered on Black empowerment

History Is Lunch: Kamel King in conversation with Dexter Allen, "Jacktown: The Sound of Soul, Grit, and Legacy"

At noon on Wednesday, February 18, author Kamel King and Mississippi blues musician Dexter Allen will present the deep musical roots of Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the History Is Lunch series. Through stories of mentorship, reverence, and resilience, King and Allen will explore Jackson’s role as a vibrant hub of creativity

Black History Month Family Day

Celebrate Black History Month at the Two Mississippi Museums on Sunday, February 22, at 11 a.m. Families are invited to participate in guided gallery experiences and hands-on crafts that highlight community involvement in the lives of Black Mississippians. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday.

Lemuria Garden Book Launch

Learn how nature informed the lives, writing, and artwork of nineteenth- and twentieth-century women from co-authors Elise Smith and Judith W. Page as they launch their new book, Southern Women, Southern Landscapes: Cultural Reflections on the Garden, 1870–1970. The event will be hosted at Lemuria on Thursday, January 29, from 5 to 7 p.m.

History Is Lunch: Christina Thomas, “One of the Sleepless Ones: The Autobiographies of Mrs. Winson Hudson”

At noon on Wednesday, February 11, civil rights historian Christina Thomas will present a biographical lecture on Winson Hudson, a lifelong civil rights leader from Harmony, an all-Black rural community in Leake County, Mississippi, as part of the History Is Lunch series. Hudson co-founded the Leake County NAACP in 1962 and served as its president for thirty-eight years.

History Is Lunch: Kevin Brown and Jacqueline Martin, "Hilda Casin's Legacy: Preserving McComb's Civil Rights History Through Education and Community Memory"

At noon on Wednesday, February 4, civil rights veteran Jacqueline Martin and Kevin Brown, director of the Black History Gallery in McComb, will discuss the origins of the Black History Gallery and the ongoing importance of preserving local history as part of the History Is Lunch series.
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