History Is Lunch: J. Janice Coleman, "The Hansberry Family, Alcorn A&M College, and A Raisin in the Sun"

Name: History Is Lunch: J. Janice Coleman, "The Hansberry Family, Alcorn A&M College, and A Raisin in the Sun"
Start: 2026-04-08T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-08T13:00:00-05:00
Location: History Is Lunch: J. Janice Coleman, "The Hansberry Family, Alcorn A&M College, and A Raisin in the Sun"

April 8, 2026 @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Overview

Join us at noon on Wednesday, April 8, as Alcorn State University English professor J. Janice Coleman highlights the Hansberry family’s ties to Alcorn A&M College—the oldest public institution of higher learning for African Americans in Mississippi. Though best known because Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, the first Broadway play by an African American woman, the Hansberrys’ multigenerational legacy also includes achievements in education, banking, and real estate. This free event, in the History Is Lunch series, will be held 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.