Join us at the Two Mississippi Museums to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 20. This free admission day, sponsored by FedEx, will include a performance by New Horizon Church Children’s Ensemble at 10 a.m. and gallery talks by Freedom Rider Hezekiah Watkins at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The day will also include MLK Night of Culture at 6 p.m., hosted by Vicksburg native Alexis Noble.
Join us at the Two Mississippi Museums to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday, January 19. This free admission day, sponsored by FedEx, will include a Voting Rights Act tour at 2 p.m. in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. For more information on the extended MLK Weekend Celebration, click here.
Join us at the Two Mississippi Museums to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday, January 18. This free admission day, sponsored by FedEx, will include a Voting Rights Act tour by museum staff at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and a gallery talk by Freedom Rider Hezekiah Watkins at noon in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. For more information on the extended MLK Weekend Celebration, click here.
On Mondays at noon, the Eudora Welty House & Garden will host live book discussions of Jesmyn Ward's 2017 novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing as part of its Welty at Home Virtual Book Club program. Welty's friend and biographer Suzanne Marrs will co-lead the discussions with Kemeshia Swanson, professor of English and African American Studies at Mississippi State University. This event is free and open to the public. The discussions will begin January 27 and will end March 3. For more information and to register, email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.
Join us for a screening of Always a Winner: Roy Curry, A Quarterback Ahead of His Time at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 26, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed by Seth Schwartz, the one-hour film tells the story of Roy Curry who grew up as the son of sharecroppers in Lula, Mississippi. He played quarterback for his high school in Clarksdale, then at Jackson State University, and went on to play two seasons as a wide receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL. For more information, contact 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
At noon on Wednesday, March 12, Charles Bolton, author and professor of history at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, will explore the effects of World War II economic and military mobilization in the Deep South, as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program, "Mississippi and World War II," will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and will also stream live on the YouTube channel.
Learn how to start researching your family history! Join our genealogy workshop on Tracing Your African American Ancestors at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 15, in the orientation room on the first floor of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. Led by Joyce Dixon-Lawson, this workshop will teach participants how to research African American genealogy through resources available in MDAH's archival collections. Register here.
Join us for Stories by the Fire at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, January 25, at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. Amy Bluemel of the Chickasaw Nation will share traditional stories with visitors. Refreshments such as popcorn, cookies, hot cocoa, and hot apple cider will be served. For more information, contact info@natchezgrandvillage.com or 601-446-6502.
At noon Wednesday, January 22, Michael Morris, Two Mississippi Museums director, will present “MLK and Mississippi” as part of the History Is Lunch series. This program will explore Martin Luther King Jr.'s significant yet brief presence in Mississippi, highlighting his Civil Rights-era visits and their impact on the movement. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel.