Michael Morris

A Jackson, Mississippi native, Michael Morris has served as the director of the Two Mississippi Museums-Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum-since 2023. He previously served in several roles during his eight years at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Morris earned his bachelor's degree in history and master's degree in political science from Jackson State University, where he worked at the Margaret Walker Center and Fannie Lou Hamer Institute on Citizenship and Democracy.

Morris received his supervisory management certificate from the Mississippi State Personnel Board and is currently completing its Certified Public Manager Program. Morris completed the Stennis Institute's State Executive Development Institute program at Mississippi State University. He was a member of the commission tasked with commemorating the city of Jackson's bicentennial in 2022 and has written markers for the Mississippi Freedom Trail. He currently serves on the advisory board of the Mississippi Book Festival. Morris was the Mississippi archivist for the Our Story, Our Terms civil rights project at Duke University.