Join us for a free event featuring a screening of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wing? at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums. This documentary explores the life and career of Virginia Wing, a Chinese American actress from Marks, Mississippi. Through interviews with her family and friends as well as archival footage and present-day scenes, the film follows Virginia as she reconnects with her Mississippi roots and reflects on her career in theater, film, and television from the 1960s to the present. Following the screening, a panel conversation will feature director Larissa Lam and producer Baldwin Chiu with archivist Emily Jones. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Join us at noon on Wednesday, September 30, for the inaugural Bob Moses Lecture Series during History Is Lunch. Historian Charles Payne will explore how civil rights activist Ella Baker influenced Moses’s approach to organizing, from his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to the founding of the Algebra Project. Payne, Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, will trace the connection between Baker’s grassroots, relationship-driven approach and Moses’s lifelong commitment to collective empowerment through education and organizing. This free event 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. Copies of I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.