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Must-See Historic Landmarks in Mississippi: A Guide to the State's Rich History

Mississippi is a state steeped in history, with a rich cultural heritage that spans centuries. From the Civil War to the ...

The oldest city in Mississippi was the first capital before Jackson. Here's where it is

The oldest city in Mississippi was founded in 1716. That makes it older than the founding of the United States of America.

An 1800s Mississippi church is rotting away, and there doesn't appear to be anyone to save it

An 1800s Black church is one of the few buildings left in a once-busy River port, but flooding and a lack of money leave it ...
NPR

70 years after Emmett Till's murder, Mississippi museum acquires gun used to kill him

JACKSON, Miss. — It's been 70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Mississippi. White men kidnapped, tortured, shot, and dumped him in a ...
The Greenwood Commonwealth

Mississippi history museums will display Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom

Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom will go on display in the next few months at the Two Mississippi Museums.