On Thursday, February 11, at noon, learn about the stories behind some of the photographs in the special exhibit, I AM A MAN: Civil Rights Photographs in the American South, 1960–1970, with activist, educator, and photographer Doris Derby. She will discuss several of her photographs from the exhibit as well as some of her own artifacts that are on display in the Black Empowerment gallery of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
On Tuesday, February 9, at 7 p.m., join Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) in partnership with the Two Mississippi Museums for The Black Church Virtual Panel Discussion event. This event will include a screener of the documentary series, songs from HBCU choirs, door prizes and the panel discussion. Featured panelists for the event are Two Mississippi Museums director Pamela D. C. Junior, Bishop Ronnie Crudup of New Horizon Church International, Rev. C. J. Rhodes of Mt.
On Saturday, January 30, at 11 a.m., join Pamela D. C. Junior and William Ferris for a virtual conversation on the origins of the new special exhibition, I AM A MAN: Civil Rights Photographs in the American South, 1960–1970, opening at the Two Mississippi Museums.
On Mondays, at noon CST, the Eudora Welty House & Garden will host live book discussions of In the Valley, a new collection of short stories and novellas written by award-winning novelist, poet, and short story writer Ron Rash as part of its #WeltyatHome virtual book club program. Welty's friend and biographer Dr. Suzanne Marrs will lead the discussions. This event is free and open to the public.
On Tuesday, January 19, 6–7 p.m., New Stage Theatre will present a virtual showing of The Debate for Democracy, a conversation between Martin Luther King Jr., organizer Ella Baker, and activist Fannie Lou Hamer, written and directed by New Stage Theatre education director Sharon Miles.
Join us for our virtual MLK Night of Culture event in celebration of Martin Luther King Day, January 18, at 6 p.m. This year’s theme honors the men of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike who marched down Beale Street with protest signs that read “I Am a Man” demanding change against unfair labor practices and to be treated with dignity.
Having challenges with researching your African American ancestors? MDAH Curator of Research and Genealogy Joyce Dixon-Lawson will lead an online workshop using the probate records, deed records, Census records, and personal diaries of former slave owners available at MDAH. Dixon-Lawson will also answer questions and offer tips to help participants negotiate slavery's legacy to find their ancestors. Registration is $10 per person.
Renowned investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell will join us for a live discussion featuring his new book, Race Against Time, the undercover story behind the reopenings of four notorious civil rights cases: the assassination of Medgar Evers in Jackson, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, and the fatal firebombing of Vernon Dahmer Sr. in Hattiesburg.
WLBT sports director Rob Jay and Mississippi Today sports columnist Rick Cleveland will discuss the history of Mississippi's HBCU football teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The program will be live streamed on the Museum of Mississippi Facebook page. For more information, email info@twomississippimuseums.com.
MDAH will hold its free virtual Fall Teachers Workshop on Saturday, November 7, at 8:30 a.m. Registration is limited to 100 participants and ends on November 6. Register online for the workshop here. For more information, email outreachprograms@mdah.ms.gov.