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Sunday Screening: Mississippi History Day Student Showcase

Join us for a Sunday Screening showcase featuring Mississippi History Day student films from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. The screening will feature two thirty-minute films: Masterminds of the Movement and Mississippi Turning: The Pivotal Role of School Desegregation in a Southern Town. These award-winning student documentaries will be screened alongside a selection by SaraCaroline Jones, director of photography at Red Squared. Following the screening, the student filmmakers will participate in a panel conversation with Jones. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov. 

Upcoming Events

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.

April 12, 2026, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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