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. The series is sponsored by the John and Lucy Shackelford Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation for Mississippi.
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History Is Lunch: Beverly Gage, "G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and Mississippi"
On November 1, 2023, Beverly Gage presented “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and Mississippi” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Christopher Slocombe, "Weather, Soil, and Geology at the Siege of Corinth"
On October 25, 2023, Christopher Slocombe presented “’A Land of Sickness and Death’: Nature and Health at the Siege of Corinth” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch - Rick Cleveland and Neil White, “The Mississippi Football Book"
On October 18, 2023, Rick Cleveland and Neil White discussed their book “The Mississippi Football Book" as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Loki Mulholland “Lessons from the Movement”
On October 11, 2023, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Loki Mulholland presented “Get Back to the Counter: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Katie Blount and Miranda Vaughn, “MDAH Projects and Archives Month Updates”
On October 4, 2023, Katie Blount and Miranda Vaughn presented “MDAH Projects and Archives Month Updates” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Angela D. Stewart “Celebrating Sisterhood: The 1973 Phillis Wheatley Festival”
On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Angela D. Stewart presented “Celebrating Sisterhood: The 1973 Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival" for History is Lunch.
History Is Lunch: Robert P. Jones, "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy"
On September 20, 2023, Robert P. Jones presented “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Euphus Ruth, “Early Mississippi Photographers and Their Cameras”
On September 13, 2023, Euphus Ruth presented “Early Mississippi Photographers and Their Cameras” as part of the History is Lunch series.
History is Lunch: Jim Woodrick, "Raiding on the M&O Railroad"
On September 6,2023, Jim Woodrick presented “Raiding on the M&O Railroad: Grierson’s Winter Expedition, 1864-65" as part of the History Is Lunch series.