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: "Ken Burns' The American Revolution Preview" - Nancy Carpenter
At noon Wednesday, October 29, Nancy Carpenter presented "Ken Burns' The American Revolution Preview and Mississippi's America250 Celebration" 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: "Life and Traditions of the Mississippi Choctaw" - Eddie Johnson and Jay Wesley
At noon Wednesday, October 22, Eddie Johnson and Jay Wesley presented "Life and Traditions of the Mississippi Choctaw" 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: "Mississippi Voices from Hurricane Katrina" - Melody Golding
At noon Wednesday, October 15, Melody Golding presented "Mississippi Voices from Hurricane 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: Sally Wolff-King, "Holly Springs' Influence on William Faulkner's Fiction"
At noon Wednesday, October 8, Sally Wolff-King presented "Holly Springs' Influence on William Faulkner's Fiction" 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: "Mississippi's Legacy of School Desegregation" - Ellen Ann Fentress and Rita Watts Boone
At noon Wednesday, October 1, Ellen Ann Fentress and Rita Watts Boone presented "Mississippi's Legacy of School Desegregation" 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: "Champions of the Storm: Katrina's First Responders" - NancyKay Wessman
At noon Wednesday, September 24, NancyKay Wessman presented "Champions of the Storm: Katrina's First Responders" 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: "Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi” - Diane Feldman
At noon Wednesday, September 17, Diane Feldman presented "Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, 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: "A Legacy of Refuge and Resilience: Mississippi's Gulf Coast Vietnamese" - Emma To, Jennifer Le, Tim Isbell, and Carl Andersen
At noon Wednesday, September 10, Emma To, Jennifer Le, Tim Isbell, and Carl Andersen presented "A Legacy of Refuge and Resilience: Mississippi's Gulf Coast Vietnamese" 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 - "Remembering the Clinton Massacre: 150 Years Later" - Missy Jones, DeeDee Baldwin, Albert Dorsey, and Nicholas Lemann
At noon Wednesday, September 3, Missy Jones, DeeDee Baldwin, Albert Dorsey, and Nicholas Lemann presented "Remembering the Clinton Massacre: 150 Years Later" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program took place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.