# Event Details

- **Event Name**: History Is Lunch: The Hill County Project, "The Freedom Struggle and Local People in Benton County"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: At noon on Wednesday, February 25, a panel associated with the Hill Country Project—Roy DeBerry, John Lyons, Aviva Futorian, and Sharon Gates-Albert—will present the history of the Benton County Freedom Train as part of the History Is Lunch series. The Benton County Freedom Train was a newspaper featuring news, stories, and poetry centered on Black empowerment and freedom during the Civil Rights Movement in north Mississippi. 

This free event will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson and will stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/jackson/history-is-lunch-the-hill-county-project-the-freedom-struggle-and-local-people-in-benton-county/200029722992936
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029722992936?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=jackson-events

## 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, Jackson, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Mississippi Department of Archives & History (https://allevents.in/org/mississippi-department-of-archives-and-history/1390469)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Two Mississippi Museums, Jackson, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art, Nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about History Is Lunch: The Hill County Project, "The Freedom Struggle and Local People in Benton County" ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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