# Event Details

- **Event Name**: History Is Lunch: "Oral Histories: Black Female Educators in Mississippi's Civil Rights Era"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: A panel will discuss the lives of Black female educators who taught before and after desegregation at noon on Wednesday, May 27, as part of the History Is Lunch series. Panelists include Marlee Bunch, interdisciplinary educator; Jordan Stempleman, associate professor at the Kansas City Art Institute; Christopher Span, dean of the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University; and Joyce Ladner, civil rights activist. Bunch’s book, "Unlearning the Hush: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era," highlights the personal stories of women who guided students through Jim Crow laws and Civil Rights-era desegregation. 

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 the book will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/jackson/history-is-lunch-oral-histories-black-female-educators-in-mississippis-civil-rights-era/200030118846648
- **Event Categories**: Art, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Jackson
- **state**: MS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Two Mississippi Museums
- **lat**: 32.301262630871
- **long**: -90.177907681338
- **full address**: Two Mississippi Museums, 222 North St,Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is History Is Lunch: "Oral Histories: Black Female Educators in Mississippi's Civil Rights Era" being held?
  - **A:** History Is Lunch: "Oral Histories: Black Female Educators in Mississippi's Civil Rights Era" takes place on Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Two Mississippi Museums, 222 North St,Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing History Is Lunch: "Oral Histories: Black Female Educators in Mississippi's Civil Rights Era"?
  - **A:** History Is Lunch: "Oral Histories: Black Female Educators in Mississippi's Civil Rights Era" is organized by Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

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