Events

Celebrate Hezekiah Watkins' birthday at the Two Mississippi Museums on Tuesday, September 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Copies of Watkins' book, Pushing Forward: The Story of Mississippi's Youngest Freedom Rider, and T-shirts will be available for purchase, followed by a book signing.

Ambassador Andrew Young will deliver the Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. He will reflect on his life in public service and his longstanding ties to Mississippi in conversation with Ebony Lumumba, department chair and associate professor of English at Jackson State University.

Join us at noon on Wednesday, September 16, for a screening of the second episode in David Garraway’s documentary series, “Mississippi, USA: The Fisher People” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The documentary explores the immigration experiences of Vietnamese refugees on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mondays at noon, the Eudora Welty House & Garden will host live discussions of The Golden Apples by Eudora Welty as part of the Welty at Home Virtual Book Club. Discussions will be led by Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty’s friend and biographer. Email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com to register.

Interested in starting your journey in genealogy? William Thompson, historic resource specialist at MDAH, will lead a beginning genealogy workshop on Saturday, September 12, at 10 a.m. in the orientation room of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. This free event will cover how to use information from one record to locate additional records

Join us for History Happy Hour on Thursday, September 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums for music featuring Grammy Award winner Dexter Allen, food, and a cash bar. Food will be catered by Chef Philip Brown, with a dessert bar from Campbell’s Bakery.

At noon on Wednesday, September 9, Ralph Eubanks, author of When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land, will examine the history and economy of the Mississippi Delta as part of the History Is Lunch series. Eubanks, faculty fellow and writer in residence at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi

At noon on Wednesday, September 2, Kelly Ellis, visiting associate professor of English at Jackson State University, will present on her poetry collection Solum as part of the History Is Lunch series. Centered on the life of her great-grandfather, George Asbury Kelley, a shoemaker at the Jackson Shoe Hospital, Solum explores family history through poetry.

Join us at the Eudora Welty House & Garden from 3 to 5 p.m. on September 3 for a guided workshop with Anna Traylor, special projects coordinator. Each participant will have their own fairy house kit and will be given step-by-step instructions to begin their designs that they can take home

The Eudora Welty House & Garden will host a two-hour guided painting class with wine and light refreshments on Thursday, August 20, at 5:30 p.m. All painting supplies will be provided by MDAH for a materials fee of $25. Payment can be made by calling the Welty House or at the front desk