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In jackson you can visit the mississippi civil rights museum.

Mississippi civil rights museum african american tourist attractions. There a dramatic sculpture glows brighter and the music of the movement swells as visitors gather. The eight galleries at the mississippi civil rights museum focus on the years 1945 1976 when mississippi was ground zero for the national civil rights movement. On your way to mississippi s capital city stop in meridian a center of civil rights activism and remember civil rights martyrs such as james chaney who died during the freedom summer of 1964. Mississippi civil rights museum jackson ms.

See 183 reviews articles and 98 photos of mississippi civil rights museum ranked no 1 on tripadvisor among 60 attractions in jackson. Founded in 1847 this is the oldest predominantly african american church in atlanta. Then proceed to jackson and the smith robertson museum and cultural center housed inside the first public school for african americans in mississippi. From the proud civil rights legacy of medgar evers to the powerful present day mississippi civil rights museum jackson is alive with african american heritage.

The staff is great and definitely loves to engage on african american history and. Mississippi civil rights museum jackson. In 1879 the gate city colored school the first public school for african americans was founded in its basement. You can trace mississippi s civil rights journey on the mississippi freedom trail.

The galleries encircle a central space called this little light of mine. One of the nation s top museums of african american history the dusable which opened in 1957 is known for innovative exhibits like red white blue black. Free third saturdays admission to the mississippi civil rights museum and the museum of mississippi history is free on the third saturday of every month. 4 jimmy carter presidential library museum.

Today this still functioning school is a national historic site and civil rights museum with ranger led tours. It definitely is a way to show the price of an education and progress. One covers the civil rights movement with a strong focus on the events in mississippi in the turbulent 1960s while the second museum covers the history and develo. Spend a day or a week with us and we guarantee you ll leave feeling uplifted and enriched by the experience.

A history of blacks in the armed. Over the past three years new and newly revamped civil rights museums have appeared across the deep south proving to be popular tourist attractions and economic engines.