On Saturday, March 6, at 11 a.m., civil rights veterans Frank Figgers and Hezekiah Watkins will share their personal experiences of the Mississippi Freedom Movement through selected images from the special exhibit, I AM A MAN: Civil Rights Photographs in the American South, 1960–1970. This virtual event is free and open to the public. Register online here. Space is limited.
Admission to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is free. Sponsored by Nissan.
At noon on Wednesday, April 28, Claire Whitlinger will present “Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi” as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.
At noon on Wednesday, April 21, Crystal Sanders will present “The Child Development Group of Mississippi” as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.
At noon on Wednesday, April 14, Anne Farris Rosen will present “A Journalist on the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement” as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.
At noon on Wednesday, April 7, Mattie Codling will present “The Horn Island Logs of Walter Anderson” as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.
At noon on Wednesday, March 31, Edward Onaci will present “The Republic of New Afrika” as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.
At noon on Wednesday, March 24, W. Ralph Eubanks will present “A Place Like Mississippi” as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.
At noon on Wednesday, March 17, J. Richard Gruber will present “Dusti Bonge, Art and Life” as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.