The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) announced Joy-Ann Reid as the 2024 Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture Series speaker.
The program will be held on Tuesday, February 13, at 6 p.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.
Reid, a New York Times bestselling author, political commentator, and host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut , will discuss her latest book Medgar and Myrlie : Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America with event moderator Ebony Lumumba, chair of the English department at Jackson State University.
A book signing will be hosted by Lemuria Books before the program at 5 p.m. in the auditorium.
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