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After Decades, the Full African American Civil War Memorial Museum Is Finally Coming
On July 18, 1863, one of the first all-Black army regiments to serve in the Civil War stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina. The fierce assault against the Confederate Army—portrayed in the film Glory ...
Their house in Mims was bombed by KKK in 1951. A replica aims to keep the civil rights history alive
On Christmas night in 1951, the couple's 25th wedding anniversary, members of the KKK planted a bomb under the couple's home ...
‘She got it done:’ Florida Civil Rights Museum remembers Sen. Geraldine Thompson
A beloved member of the Florida Senate will be laid to rest this week. Two Tallahassee museum directors are still trying to ...
A Historic Black Newspaper Gets a Museum
The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its ...
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These two Jackson museums made USA Today's 10 Best lists once again. See list here
Two Mississippi museums, both located in Jackson, were voted into USA Today's 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards for best museums in the nation. The Mississippi Children's Museum earned fourth place ...