At noon on Wednesday, August 30, Ethel Morgan Smith will present “Constance Curry: The Art of Activism” 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.
At noon on Wednesday, August 23, T.J. Ray will present “Contemporary Accounts of Mississippi Lynchings, 1835-1964” 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 YouTube channel. Book sales and signing to follow.
At noon on Wednesday, August 16, Beverly Lowry will present “A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta” 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. History Is Lunch is sponsored by the John and Lucy Shackelford Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation for Mississippi.
Join us for a screening of The Harvest at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, at the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed by Sam Pollard and Douglas Blackmon, the documentary tells the story of the fight to integrate schools in Leland, Mississippi, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. A Q&A with Douglas Blackmon will follow the screening. Doors open at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served at 5:30 p.m., courtesy of the Mississippi Humanities Council. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Looking to expand your volunteer experience or share your interest in Mississippi history? Come to the Volunteer Open House on Thursday, August 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Whether you volunteer regularly or want to get started, come meet our staff, discover new volunteer opportunities, and learn more about incredible resources available at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH). This is a free come-and-go event. Light refreshments will be provided.
Learn how to use county records to trace your genealogy! Joyce Dixon-Lawson will present African American Genealogy Workshop: County Records at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 12, at the William F. Winter Archives & History Building. This workshop will demonstrate how to trace African American genealogy using county records such as wills (probate and estate records), deeds, and marriage records. Space is limited for this program.
Join us for a gallery talk at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 17, at the Two Mississippi Museums. Professor Ellen Meacham will present from her book Delta Epiphany: Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi that details Robert Kennedy's visit to the Delta in 1967. This talk will be in conjunction with the Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign traveling exhibit, which was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and supported by the CVS Health Foundation.
Join us for a screening of It's in the Voices at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 13, at the Two Mississippi Museums. The documentary tells the story of the 1970 oral history project in Washington County that examined topics regarding black educators in the Mississippi Delta and the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. A Q&A session with Field Humphrey, director of the documentary, will follow the screening. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
At noon on Wednesday, August 2, Paul Cartwright and Tricia Nelson will present “A History of Copiah County” 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.