On Mondays, at noon CST, the Eudora Welty House & Garden will host live book discussions of In the Valley, a new collection of short stories and novellas written by award-winning novelist, poet, and short story writer Ron Rash as part of its #WeltyatHome virtual book club program. Welty's friend and biographer Dr. Suzanne Marrs will lead the discussions. This event is free and open to the public.
On Tuesday, January 19, 6–7 p.m., New Stage Theatre will present a virtual showing of The Debate for Democracy, a conversation between Martin Luther King Jr., organizer Ella Baker, and activist Fannie Lou Hamer, written and directed by New Stage Theatre education director Sharon Miles.
Join us for our virtual MLK Night of Culture event in celebration of Martin Luther King Day, January 18, at 6 p.m. This year’s theme honors the men of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike who marched down Beale Street with protest signs that read “I Am a Man” demanding change against unfair labor practices and to be treated with dignity.
On Monday, January 18, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., admission to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History will be free in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day sponsored by FedEx Corporation. Admission will also include the special exhibit Mississippi Distilled: Prohibition, Piety, & Politics. Face masks and social distancing are required.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees will hold a teleconference meeting in the William F. Winter Archives & History Building on Tuesday, February 16, at 9 a.m.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees will hold an executive committee meeting on Friday, January 22, at 10 a.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. COVID-19 safety precautions will be in place.
At noon on Wednesday, November 18, Deanna Byrd and Ryan Spring will present “The Last Choctaw Removal of 1903” as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.
Join us at the Two Mississippi Museums on Sunday, November 15, for a day of interactive, hands-on archaeological fun! Work with MDAH Archaeology Collections staff as they clean artifacts excavated in Mississippi. See demonstrations including Atlatl throwing, flint knapping, deer hide shaving, and stickball. Explore Mississippi's earliest stories in a flash tour of archaeological exhibits in the Museum of Mississippi History. Take home a pre-packaged activity bag and create your own handmade pottery and beaded jewelry. This event is free and open to all ages.
At noon on Wednesday, November 4, Roy DeBerry, Aviva Futorian, Stephen Klein, John Lyons, and Joe Batts will discuss their new book Voices from the Mississippi Hill Country: The Benton County Civil Rights Movement as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.