Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...

Mississippi is one of four states to still celebrate the holiday, which was established in 1886 following the end of the American Civil War ... Confederate monuments: Jefferson Davis, CSA ...

present and future of Mississippi's pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement, starting with the history of slavery in the state and the beginnings of the Jim Crow era. Monuments dedicated to ...

He left Edinburgh and moved to Mississippi as a 14-year ... James Smith had the monument in Edinburgh erected By the outbreak of the civil war, James had moved back to Scotland.

Protesters in New Orleans tore down a bust of slaveholder John McDonogh and pushed it into the Mississippi ... the monuments represent Southern heritage. Historians emphasize when Civil War ...

Many Americans in earlier times, viewed statues and other monuments as not necessarily well-suited with to a republic and democracy. In the case of the Civil War, monuments began going up throughout ...

Monuments dedicated to victims of lynching, mug shots of Freedom Riders arrested in the state and stories of Civil Rights veterans welcome observers as they move through the timeline. Upcoming exhibit ...