Events

Join us at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 10, at the Two Mississippi Museums to embark on a behind-the-scenes tour of the MDAH Historic Objects Collection led by Nan Prince, MDAH director of collections, and Hong Li, MDAH collections manager.

Join us on Sunday, September 13, at 3 p.m. to celebrate Gospel Music Heritage Month, with live performances and immersive storytelling exploring the genre's history, culture, and community. Chandra Wise will display her private collection of sheet music

Celebrate Hezekiah Watkins' birthday at the Two Mississippi Museums on Tuesday, September 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Copies of Watkins' book, Pushing Forward: The Story of Mississippi's Youngest Freedom Rider, and T-shirts will be available for purchase, followed by a book signing.

Ambassador Andrew Young will deliver the Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. He will reflect on his life in public service and his longstanding ties to Mississippi in conversation with Ebony Lumumba, department chair and associate professor of English at Jackson State University.

Join us at noon on Wednesday, September 16, for a screening of the second episode in David Garraway’s documentary series, “Mississippi, USA: The Fisher People” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The documentary explores the immigration experiences of Vietnamese refugees on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mondays at noon, the Eudora Welty House & Garden will host live discussions of The Golden Apples by Eudora Welty as part of the Welty at Home Virtual Book Club. Discussions will be led by Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty’s friend and biographer. Email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com to register.

Interested in starting your journey in genealogy? William Thompson, historic resource specialist at MDAH, will lead a beginning genealogy workshop on Saturday, September 12, at 10 a.m. in the orientation room of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. This free event will cover how to use information from one record to locate additional records

Join us for History Happy Hour on Thursday, September 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums for music, food, and a cash bar. Food will be catered by Chef Philip Brown, with a dessert bar from Campbell’s Bakery. Comedian Rita Brent will provide a comedy segment

At noon on Wednesday, September 9, Ralph Eubanks, author of When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land, will examine the history and economy of the Mississippi Delta as part of the History Is Lunch series. Eubanks, faculty fellow and writer in residence at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi

At noon on Wednesday, September 2, Kelly Ellis, visiting associate professor of English at Jackson State University, will present on her poetry collection Solum as part of the History Is Lunch series. Centered on the life of her great-grandfather, George Asbury Kelley, a shoemaker at the Jackson Shoe Hospital, Solum explores family history through poetry.