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History Is Lunch: Charles Overby, Anita Lee, Jamie Patterson, and Natalie Perkins, "Mississippi Press at 160: The Impact of Local News"

A panel from the Mississippi Press Association will discuss the impact of community journalism across Mississippi over the past 160 years at noon on Wednesday, April 22, as part of the History Is Lunch series. Panelists include Anita Lee, reporter for the Sun Herald; Natalie Perkins, editor of the Deer Creek Pilot; Jamie Patterson, editor of The Yazoo Herald; and moderator Charles Overby, chairman of the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. This free event will be held in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson and will stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

Upcoming Events

April 5, 2026, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson is free every Sunday.

April 8, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join us at noon on Wednesday, April 8, as Alcorn State University English professor J. Janice Coleman highlights the Hansberry family’s ties to Alcorn A&M College—the oldest public institution of higher learning for African Americans in Mississippi. Though best known because Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, the first Broadway play by an African American woman

April 9, 2026, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join us for the Mississippi Made gallery talk at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 9, on the Mezzanine at the Two Mississippi Museums. In connection with America250, this free event will tell the story of how some of Mississippi’s greatest artists, creators, and storytellers shaped America.