At noon on Wednesday, May 25, Jimmy Thomas will present “The Mississippi Lebanese” 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 Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial.
At noon on Wednesday, May 18, David Dennis Jr. and David Dennis Sr. will present “The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride” 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 Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial.
At noon on Wednesday, May 11, Jodi Skipper will present “Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery, Race, and Heritage in the U.S. South” 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 Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial.
At noon on Wednesday, May 4, Jere Nash and Katie Blount will present “The Mississippi Legislature Changes the State Flag” 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 Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial.
The April edition of History Happy Hour, History Happy Hour Remix with Chef Nick, will begin outside the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Entergy plaza and feature food trucks and music. At 6 p.m.
A brick wall is not the end of the line for family research. Join professional genealogist Kim Richardson on Saturday, April 30, at 10 a.m. for Break through Brick Walls, a Zoom presentation about the most common oversights in genealogy research and how to overcome the supposed dead-end search for a particularly hard to find ancestor. Registration is free and space is limited. Click here to register online.
The Eudora Welty House & Garden will celebrate Welty's birthday with refreshments and free house tours on April 13, from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. For more information, visit the Eudora Welty House & Garden Facebook page.
Join us on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m. for an exclusive evening with Marty Stuart to celebrate the opening of The World of Marty Stuart special exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums. For more information on ticket purchasing, visit https://www.mdah.ms.gov/party-with-marty.
On Friday, April 15 at 2 p.m., Joseph Ewoodzie Jr. and Carla Shedd will discuss Ewoodzie’s new book Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Refreshments by Chef Enrika Williams will be provided. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the MDAH Facebook page or email info@mdah.ms.gov.