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Sunday Screening of Rosenwald

Join us for a screening of Rosenwald at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed by Aviva Kempner, this documentary tells the story of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish businessman and philanthropist who worked with African American communities to build schools in the Jim Crow South. The run time for this film is 95 minutes. A Q&A session will feature Stuart Rockoff, director of the Mississippi Humanities Council, moderating a panel with Sylvia Gist, founder of the Migration Heritage Foundation, and Jennifer Baughn, MDAH chief architectural historian. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

Upcoming Events

April 22, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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, Natalie Perkins, Jamie Patterson, and moderator Charles Overby.

April 26, 2026, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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

April 29, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

At noon on Wednesday, April 29, Alex Heard, editorial director of Outside magazine, will reexamine the lasting mysteries surrounding the case of Willie McGee as part of the History Is Lunch series. In 1945, McGee was sentenced to death, prompting national protests at the White House.