History Is Lunch: Michael O'Brien, "The Tougaloo Nine's Stride into History"

At noon on Wednesday, March 25, author M.J. O’Brien will speak as part of the History Is Lunch series about the 1961 sit-in at Jackson’s segregated public library, when nine students from Tougaloo College were arrested for “breach of the peace.” O’Brien’s book, The Tougaloo Nine: The Jackson Library Sit-In at the Crossroads of Civil War and Civil Rights, explores the three-day protest

History Is Lunch: Chandra Wise, "Unsung Pioneers: The Women Who Gave Gospel Its Voice"

At noon on Wednesday, March 11, Chandra Wise, pianist and music director, will share stories of the African American women whose creative genius shaped the foundation of gospel music as part of the History Is Lunch series. From Lucy Campbell of Duck Hill—the first African American woman to publish a hymn in 1919—to Dorothy Love-Coates, Roberta Martin, and Mattie Moss Clark

Welty Teachers’ CEU Workshop: “Eudora Welty and the Great Depression”

Join us for the Welty Teachers' CEU Workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, February 27, at the Eudora Welty House and Garden. Suzanne Marrs, Welty Foundation Scholar-in-Residence and Millsaps College emerita professor of English, and Michael Pickard, Eudora Welty Chair of Southern Literature at Millsaps College, will lead a discussion

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 Workshop

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
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