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    • MDAH Calendar of Events: History Is Lunch

    May

    • Wednesday, May 1, noon–1 p.m. at Old Capitol Museum. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Myrlie Evers-Williams will talk about her husband, Medgar Evers, on the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, May 8, noon–1 p.m. at Old Capitol Museum. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Libby Hollingsworth will talk about her family, the Shaifers of Port Gibson, and their role during the Civil War. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, May 15, noon–1 p.m. at Old Capitol Museum. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Jacqueline House Museum founder Yolande Robbins will discuss the African American museum in Vicksburg. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Tuesday, May 21, noon–1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, retired Ingalls Shipbuilding vice president and general counsel George W. Howell will discuss how Mississippi won out over Florida and landed the “Shipyard of the Future” in 1967. Howell will also present items related to this historic event, including photographs, color slides, audio tapes, files, and other items, to the state archives for preservation.  For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, May 22, noon–1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Darrell Baughn will present “Joseph Holt and Mississippi.” For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, May 29, noon–1 p.m. at Old Capitol Museum. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Mississippi State University historian Michael Williams, author of Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr, will speak on the fiftieth anniversary of Evers’s assassination. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    June

    • Wednesday, June 5, noon–1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Bob Wilson, Mississippi Main Street Association executive director, tells how the program helps with economic development, preservation, and tourism. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, June 12, noon–1 p.m. at Old Capitol Museum. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Siege of Vicksburg: Jeff Giambrone (150th anniversary). For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, June 19, noon–1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Architectural historian Todd Sanders will present “Hayes Town’s Mississippi Architecture.” For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, June 26, noon–1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, filmmaker Wilma Mosley-Clopton presents her film on Jacksonian Ollye Shirley. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    July

    • Wednesday, July 3, noon–1 p.m. at Old Capitol Museum. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Surrender of Vicksburg: Speaker TBA. (150th anniversary). For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, July 17, noon–1 p.m. at Old Capitol Museum. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Siege of Jackson. Speaker TBA. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    August

    • Wednesday, August 14, noon–1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, historian Parker Hills will talk about the commemorative art in the Vicksburg National Military Park. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    October

    • Wednesday, October 2, noon–1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. As part of the History Is Lunch Series, Archives Month program. Speaker TBA. For more information call 601-576-6998.

    • Wednesday, October 13, noon–1 p.m. at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. MDAH archivist Chloe Edwards will discuss the “Gates v. Collier” decision and Parchman Penitentiary. For more information call 601-576-6998.
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