History Is Lunch is a weekly lecture series that explores different aspects of the state's past. The hour-long programs are held in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building in Jackson.
MDAH livestreams the program at noon on Wednesdays on MDAH's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial/. The videos are posted on the department’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/MDAHVideo.
History Is Lunch: "Mississippi Choctaw and the Art of Storytelling" - Tom Mould and Rae Nell Vaughn
At noon Wednesday, July 30, Tom Mould and Rae Nell Vaughn presented "Mississippi Choctaw and the Art of Storytelling" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History is Lunch: "Disease, Doctoring, and Race in the Old South" - Thomas Helling
At noon Wednesday, July 23, Thomas Helling, presented "Disease, Doctoring, and Race in the Old South" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Malika Polk-Lee - "A Hundred Years of B.B. King"
At noon Wednesday, July 16, Malika Polk-Lee presented "A Hundred Years of B.B. King" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Susan Stearns - "The Mississippi River and the Founding of the Nation"
At noon Wednesday, July 9, Susan Stearns presented "The Mississippi River and the Founding of the Nation" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Andrew Kahrl - "The Black Struggle for Tax Justice in Mississippi"
At noon Wednesday, June 25, Andrew Kahrl presented "The Black Struggle for Tax Justice in Mississippi" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Linda Barnickel, "Milliken's Bend: Fighting for Black Freedom in the Civil War"
At noon Wednesday, June 18, Linda Barnickel presented "Milliken's Bend: Fighting for Black Freedom in the Civil War" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Ken P'Pool, Nan Prince, Jeff Rosenberg, and Jennifer Baughn, "Archives in the Aftermath: MDAH and the Legacy of Katrina"
At noon Wednesday, June 11, Ken P'Pool, Nan Prince, Jeff Rosenberg, and Jennifer Baughn presented "Archives in the Aftermath: MDAH and the Legacy of Katrina" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Carolyn Dupont, "Mississippi’s White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement"
At noon Wednesday, June 4, Carolyn Dupont presented "Mississippi’s White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.
History Is Lunch: Ivory Phillips, "The Ayers Case: A Fight for Equity in Higher Education"
At noon Wednesday, May 28, Ivory Phillips presented "The Ayers Case: A Fight for Equity in Higher Education" as part of the History is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.