The Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s (MDAH) History Is Lunch (HIL) lecture series has delved into Mississippi’s history, providing a platform for dynamic presentations by esteemed scholars, experts, authors, and thought leaders from both local and national spheres. On Wednesday, December 4, MDAH welcomes Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, a distinguished lecturer from Ohio State […]

Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries will travel to Claiborne County on Thursday, December 5, to visit the Windsor Ruins, a site that once enslaved 150 African Americans. Due to the lack of infrastructure at the Ruins, he will deliver a public lecture at Alcorn State University, sharing his genealogical findings and stories of the formerly enslaved […]