The Museum of Mississippi History will ... was assassinated in Jackson 50 years ago, said she is glad to see a civil rights museum finally become a reality in her home state.

Mississippi is home to many sites on the national Civil Rights Trail ... Where: 222 North St. #2205, Jackson. Why: The museum ...

But the only thing that ties them together are roadside historical markers for the Mississippi Freedom Trail. A major state-funded civil rights museum is in the capital city Jackson. But in little ...

Civil rights trails across the South have proven to be an economic driver. In Mississippi ... city, Jackson, a lot of these little Delta towns with big claims to America's civil rights history ...

Jackson, Mississippi, was at the centre of the U.S.civil rights movement throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The home of activists ... about Jackson’s poignant history. Medgar Evers was a pioneering ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is again nominated for “Best History Museum.” Last year, the collection of the state’s Civil Rights Movement was voted fourth best ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will open a federal civil rights ... Jackson, Miss. Seth Herald/AFP via Getty Images, FILE In August, historic flooding in ...

In Coahoma County, home ... what history books are available in libraries. This is partly why people like Tim Lampkin think civil rights tourism on the scale of the blues trail in the Mississippi ...

A new historical marker has been ... Meredith, who resists being called a civil rights leader, now lives in Mississippi's capital city of Jackson. He was born in Kosciusko and grew up on a nearby ...

Buttigieg Tours Mississippi Civil Rights Site and Says Transportation Is Key to Equity in the US JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday toured the home of ...