Join us at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 6, for a gallery talk in the Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See exhibition at the Two Mississippi Museums. Museum Educator Olivia Williams will discuss the Emmett Till generation and their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and keeping Emmett Till's life and legacy alive. For more information, call 601-576-6850, or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Join us for Stickball and Social Dancing at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 24, at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. Stickball is a traditional game of the native people of the Eastern Woodlands and is played by such tribes as the Natchez, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee, and Cherokee. Music and dance are important forms of expression for some native peoples, and these living traditions serve to ensure that cultural heritage continues to thrive for future generations. This program is free and open to the public.
The documentary Mysterious Circumstances: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis will be shown at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. This event will also include an introduction by Clark Richey, the director of the film. A Q&A from the audience will follow the screening. For more information, call 601-576-6850, or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty's friend and biographer, for an online discussion of Welty's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Optimist's Daughter. For more information, visit welty.mdah.ms.gov/events, or call 601-353-7762.
At 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 18, the Local Government Records Committee will hold its regular quarterly meeting in the third floor board room of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. For more information, call 601-576-6850, or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
At 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, the Local Government Records Committee will hold its regular quarterly meeting in the third floor board room of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. For more information, call 601-576-6850, or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
At 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 20, the State Records Records Committee will hold a regular quarterly meeting in the third floor board room of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. For more information, contact 601-576-6850, or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
At 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 20, the State Records Records Committee will hold a regular quarterly meeting in the third floor board room of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. For more information, call 601-576-6850, or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Join the Eudora Welty House & Garden for a guided camellia walk and flash sale led by Paige Mizell of Mizell Camellia Nursery. Learn interesting facts about the varieties of camellias Welty grew during a walk-and-talk in the Welty Garden and shop for old-fashioned specialty camellias grown by Paige's family nursery until plants are sold. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Eudora Welty Foundation. For more information, call 601-353-7762, or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Are you interested in beginning the journey of tracing your African American family tree? Join us for our Beginning African American Genealogy Workshop presented by Joyce Dixon-Lawson at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 25, in the William F. Winter Archives & History Building. This workshop will guide participants on how to start genealogical research by using census, county, Bible, cemetery, and other public records available in MDAH archival collections. This program is free and open to the public.