Events

Join us for a screening of Rising Hope Sunday, September 8, at 2 p.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums. This 101-minute film introduces the Mississippi Delta through powerful narratives, exploring themes of generational poverty, historic oppression of Black Mississippians, post-NAFTA job losses, and the impact of underfunding public education. Rising Hope also highlights residents’ resilience and the roles of religion, nonprofits, and education in their fight for a better future.

Join us Saturday, August 24, at 10 a.m. for a conversation with Summer King, fellow for the Religion in Mississippi History Research Fellowship. Register here. This program will take place via Zoom. Once you register, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting. For more information, contact 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

Bring your mats for free, weekly, adult yoga on Tuesdays in October from 7—7:30 a.m. Certified yoga instructor Maya Morris will lead these classes, beginning with an intention based on a quote from Eudora Welty's writing. For more information, visit https://welty.mdah.ms.gov/events-calendar or call 601-353-7762. 

At noon on Wednesday, October 30, Crystal Sanders will present "America's Forgotten Migration" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.

At noon on Wednesday, October 23, Everett Bandy will present "They Lived Along the Mississippi: A History of the Quapaw" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.

At noon on Wednesday, October 16, Margo Cooper will present "Deep Inside the Blues" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.

At noon on Wednesday, October 2, Fergus Bordewich will present "Grant, the KKK, and the War for Reconstruction in Mississippi" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Book sales and signing to follow.

#WeltyatHome: The Robber Bridegroom and The Ponder Heart.  Readers are invited to tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty's friend and biographer, at noon for an online discussion of Eudora Welty’s novels, The Robber Bridegroom and The Ponder Heart. This series will continue weekly on Mondays, September 16, October 7, October 14, and October 21. There will be a brief pause in this program on September 23 and September 30.

Learn how to start researching your family history! Join our genealogy workshop on Tracing African American Ancestors Using State Records at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, 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 state records and resources available in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) archival collections.