Join our trained gallery educators for a guided tour of the special exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. Each discussion-based tour will provide participants with the opportunity to engage with exhibition themes and learn about select works of art. Tour included with cost of admission.
Michael Morris is the director of the Two Mississippi Museums, the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. A Jackson
native and graduate of Jackson State University, he began his career at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in 2016 and has since guided strategic planning, community meetings, research projects, and major events while supporting department leadership. Active in the community, he played a key role in Jackson’s bicentennial commemoration, authored markers for the Mississippi Freedom Trail, moderated panels for the Mississippi Book Festival, and served as Mississippi archivist for the Our Story, Our Terms civil rights project at Duke University.
