At noon on Wednesday, June 14, Timothy B. Smith will present “Ten Things I’ve Learned Studying Vicksburg” 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, June 7, Reena Evers-Everette, Dionne Bailey, Bobby Smith, and Pamela Walker will present “The Evers Archive: Voices, Justice, Legacies” 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.
Admission to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is free every Sunday. This includes admission to the temporary exhibit This Is Home: Medgar Evers, Mississippi, and the Movement. This exhibit will close on Friday, June 30.
This is Home: Medgar Evers, Mississippi, and the Movement exhibit will open at 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 1. This exhibit marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers by examining the life, death, and impact of the civil rights hero. As Mississippi field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1954 to 1963, Evers was involved in every major civil rights action in the state.
Join us for Storytime on the Side Porch at the Eudora Welty House & Garden. The Eudora Welty House & Garden will present free summer book readings and activities for children in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission. This series will continue weekly on Thursdays June 8, 15, 22, and 29.
Visitors are invited to a screening of the documentaries The Loyola Project (88 minutes) and One Night in March (26 minutes) at the Two Mississippi Museums. On March 15, 1963, the Mississippi State University (MSU) men's basketball team defied segregationist opposition when it played against an integrated team, the Loyola University Ramblers, in the 1963 NCAA Tournament.
Join us for a reading and book signing with Katy Simpson Smith in conversation with Kathryn Savage at the Eudora Welty House & Garden at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, courtesy of Lemuria Books. Smith will read from her new book, The Weeds, to be released April 18, 2023, from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Bring your mats for Yoga in the Welty Garden Tuesdays in May from 7–7:30 a.m. These free, adult classes are led by certified yoga instructor Alexia P. Hammonds.
At noon on Wednesday, May 31, Carolyn Brown will present “To Dance, To Live: A Biography of Thalia Mara” 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, May 24, Mike O’Brien will present “The Jackson Woolworth’s Sit-in” 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.