Events

At noon on Wednesday, October 28, Richard Grant will present "The Deepest South of All" as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.

At noon on Wednesday, October 21, Leesha Faulkner will present "Tupelo at 150" as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.

At noon on Wednesday, October 14, Mike Bunn will present "The Gulf South in the American Revolution" as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.

At noon on Wednesday, October 7, Nancy K. Bristow will present "The 1970 Jackson State Shootings" as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.

Learn how to press flowers and foliage at the Eudora Welty House & Garden with master floral designer and volunteer gardener Marsha Cannon. Registration fee is $20 and seating is limited to twenty participants. Face masks and social distancing guidelines are required while on site. For more information, call 601-353-7762 or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.

WLBT sports director Rob Jay and Mississippi Today sports columnist Rick Cleveland will discuss the history of Mississippi's HBCU football teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The program will be live streamed on the Museum of Mississippi Facebook page. For more information, email info@twomississippimuseums.com. 

MDAH will hold its free virtual Fall Teachers Workshop on Saturday, November 7, at 8:30 a.m. Registration is limited to 100 participants and ends on November 6. Register online for the workshop here. For more information, email outreachprograms@mdah.ms.gov. 

At noon on Wednesday, September 30, Larry Wells will present "In Faulkner's Shadow" as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series. The program will stream live on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial—and be available afterwards there as well as on the MDAH YouTube channel—https://www.youtube.com/MDAHVideo and on our History Is Lunch page. 

At noon on Wednesday, September 23, Tom Henderson will present "Mississippi's Black-Market Sales Tax" as part of the streaming-only History Is Lunch series.

Join us on Thursday, September 24, for a virtual exploration of the music performed around the state and on the Gold Coast during the days of Prohibition with host and blues historian Scott Barretta. Musicians Jesse Robinson, Nellie Mack, Willie Silas, and Sherill Holly will each share their stories about the Prohibition era with Barretta. The program will live stream from the Museum of Mississippi History's Facebook page.