At noon on Wednesday, April 2, Andy Taggart, Mark Garriga, Brad White, Jan Rasch, and Lisa Ireland will present "The Legacy of Kirk Fordice: His Politics, His Policies, and His People"” as part of the History Is Lunch series. Panelists Andy Taggart, Mark Garriga, Brad White, Jan Rasch, and Lisa Ireland—each of whom worked closely with Fordice— will explore the impact of Mississippi’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction regarding his leadership style and key policy initiatives. Taggart served as Fordice's former chief of staff, and White is the current director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums 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.
At noon Wednesday, October 22, Jay Wesley, author of Choctaw Traditions: Stories of the Life and Customs of the Mississippi Choctaw, and Eddie Johnson, a tribal member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, will discuss a collection of stories from all nine Choctaw communities that captures the rich detail and complexity of Choctaw life as part of the History Is Lunch series.