At noon Wednesday, July 30, Tom Mould, author and anthropologist, and Rae Nell Vaughn, member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and tribal archivist, will explore the history of storytelling of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
Join us for a screening of Farming Freedom: The Inspiring Story of Black Land Ownership in Mississippi at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed by Kayla Thomas, this ninety-minute film tells the story of African American farmers in Mississippi and their struggle for land ownership after enslavement through the present day. Following the screening, a panel will take place featuring moderator Howard Ballou, director Kayla Thomas, Henry Harris, and Tamu Green of SR1 Agriculture and Food Science Department.
Join us for a Pressed Flower Workshop at the Eudora Welty House & Garden at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8. Rachel Lott, Welty House special projects coordinator, will lead a pressed flower workshop in which participants will create a set of two personalized bookmarks using pressed flowers from the Welty Garden. This program honors Mother's Day and graduation season, honoring the Graduation Tea Party that Chestina Welty hosted for Eudora in 1925 before the Welty House construction was complete. All craft supplies and light refreshments will be provided.
Did you know the phrase "Black Power" originated in Mississippi? Learn more about its true meaning and other civil rights history at an upcoming workshop at the Two Mississippi Museums. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Learning Toolkit Workshop: Exploring the Role of the Black Power in the Civil Rights Movement will be held Saturday, April 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
At noon Wednesday, July 23, Thomas Helling, author and professor of surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, will explore southern doctors’ attitudes toward health and healthcare as African enslaved persons were introduced and The Civil War came to a close. Copies of Helling's book, Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South, will be available for purchase. This program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon Wednesday, June 18, Linda Barnickel, archivist and freelance writer, will examine the immense complexity of events that transpired in northeastern Louisiana during the Vicksburg Campaign, and how those events underscored the implications of Milliken’s Bend as part of the History Is Lunch series. Barnickel is the author of Milliken's Bend: A Civil War Battle in History and Memory. This program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon Wednesday, June 4, Carolyn Dupont, author, editor, and history professor at Eastern Kentucky University, will examine the faith communities at ground zero during the Civil Rights Movement as part of the History Is Lunch series. Dupont is the author of Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement,1945–1975. This program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon Wednesday, April 23, Marrion Garrard Barnwell, professor emerita of English at Delta State University, editor, and reporter, in conversation with Libby Hartfield will explore Barnwell's life growing up in the Mississippi Delta as part of the History Is Lunch series. Barnwell’s book All the Things We Didn’t Say: Two Memoirs explores Mississippi Delta life, addressing themes of alcoholism, racism, and shared family history. This program will take place in the Craig H.
Interested in furthering your genealogical research? Join us Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m. for the Tracing Your African American Ancestors Genealogy Workshop in the orientation room of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. Joyce Dixon-Lawson will explain how to conduct genealogical research by using the resources provided in the William Winter Archives and History Building with a focus on federal, state, county, and personal records (e.g., family letters and financial records).
Acclaimed novelist Kiese Laymon will read and sign copies of his new book, City Summer, Country Summer, on the lawn of the Eudora Welty House & Garden at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3. Lemuria Books will sell copies of Laymon's book onsite. This event is co-sponsored by the Eudora Welty Foundation and Lemuria Books. For more information, call 601-353-7762 or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.