Jackson: Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is a museum in Jackson, Mississippi. Its mission is to document, exhibit the history of, and educate the public about the American Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. state of Mississippi between 1945 and 1970. The museum secured $20 million in funding from the Mississippi Legislature in April 2011 after Governor Haley Barbour testified in favor of its funding. Ground was broken in 2013, and the museum opened on December 9, 2017.
According to Mississippi state senator John Horhn, it is the first state-sponsored civil rights museum in the United States.
The Mississippi State Historical Museum (located in the Old Mississippi State Capitol) opened a civil rights exhibit in the mid-1980s. But by 2001, with only two memorials to the civil rights movement in Mississippi, civil rights activists, historians, and tourism officials began planning for a civil rights museum.
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opened with a dedication ceremony on December 9, 2017. It is the first museum about the U.S. civil rights movement to be sponsored by a U.S. state.
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is adjacent to the new Museum of Mississippi History. The buildings share a common entrance and lobby. The civil rights museum has several sections. Visitors first move through an exhibit on the slave trade, then through a section on how the Emancipation Proclamation and Reconstruction created African American communities that began to thrive. Visitors then enter a large room dominated by a tree. The tree represents lynching, and on the leaves are images of lynchings and the types of discrimination permitted and encouraged by Jim Crow laws. The names of more than 600 African Americans lynched in Mississippi are etched onto five large memorial stones. These first three sections are cramped, a physical environment intended to give the patron a sense of the constraint of slavery. The remaining segments of the museum are more spacious, and focus on a 30-year period during which Mississippi was in the forefront of the civil rights struggle. Included in these sections are an exhibit on individuals murdered for their civil rights activism.
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum drew praise from civil rights activists who attended the dedication as an honest depiction of Mississippi's past. The media noted that the Museum of Mississippi History, which covers the state's history from the Paleozoic to the present, offers little coverage of the civil rights era, leaving that to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Holland Cotter, reviewing the museum for The New York Times, wrote that the museum rivets attention. Concentrating on a relatively narrow time frame and location, he said, makes the museum's energy feel combustive. So does the fact that, to a startling degree, and despite being a state-sponsored institution, the museum refuses to sugarcoat history. He singled out the exhibits for special praise, calling them magnetic.
As Trump toured the museums, protests took place outside. Some held signs saying Make America Civil Again and Lock Him Up. Some protesters chanted NoTrump, no hate, no KKK in the USA, while others stood by mute, their mouths covered by stickers featuring the Confederate battle flag.
Officials estimated that 180,000 people would visit the two museums in their first year. By February 22, 2018, more than 80,000 people had patronized the museums, and museum officials believed that attendance could make it the second-most visited civil rights museum in the South (after the National Civil Rights Museum in Tennessee).
C-SPAN Cities Tour - Jackson: Freedom Summer & Mississippi Civil Rights
Learn about Freedom Summer and the movement to promote voter registration and civil rights in Mississippi in the 1960s. Two Jewish Freedom Summer volunteers from New York and an African American activist from Mississippi were abducted, killed, and then buried by members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1964. This incident attracted national media attention to the movement.
Even Mississippi has a Civil Rights Museum. Why doesn't Louisiana?
Alabama has the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham. Georgia has long had the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was born. More recently, Atlanta became home to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Tennessee has the National Civil Rights Museum; it’s at the site of Memphis’ Lorraine Motel, where King was assassinated. And then in December 2017, just in time for a celebration of the state’s bicentennial, Mississippi opened the doors of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
Louisiana, shamefully, has nothing.
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Trump speaks at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
President Trump traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday to tour the state's new Civil Rights Museum and deliver remarks at a ceremony marking its opening. This is a tribute to our nation at the highest level, he said. Watch his full remarks.
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Trump Visits The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Amid Protests
Donald Trump made a brief visit to the new civil rights museum this weekend in Jackson, Mississippi amid protests that his policies and statements contradict the struggle of the civil rights martyrs who are honored at the site.
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Protests as Trump speaks at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Donald Trump's attendance at an opening of a Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi has sparked a boycott by Black leaders.
Many of them stayed away from the launch, accusing the president of racial division.
The National Association for the Advancement for Colored People, or NAACP, the most storied civil rights organization in America, had asked Trump not to come, saying Trump has done nothing to support black Americans as president.
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C-SPAN Cities Tour - Jackson: Civil Rights Museum Special Collections
See items that tell the history of Mississippi's Civil Rights movement. Through the items, Cindy Garner, director of collections at Mississippi's Museum Division, explains the history of segregation in Mississippi and how cultural norms have changed over time.
Travel Guide to Jackson, Mississippi the City with Soul
Jackson, Mississippi is the City with Soul! Here is our travel guide to Jackson, Mississippi.
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I spent five incredible days exploring Jackson, Mississippi the City with Soul! During that time I ate, drank and explored everything the city of soul had to offer. To learn about each of these places mentioned in depth check out my guide:
Attractions:
-Mississippi state capitol building
-Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
-The Smith Robertson Museum
-The House of the late Medgar Evers
-Malaco Records
-Farish Street
Restaurants:
-Mayflower Café
-Sugar’s Place
-CS’s
-Johnny T’s
-Iron Horse Grill
-Bully’s Restaurant
-Brent’s Drugs
-Saltine’s Oyster Bar
-Pig and Pint
-Walker’s Drive-In
-Basil’s Fondren
-Barrelhouse
-Babalu
-Broad Street Bakery and Café’
-Fine and Dandy
Activities:
- Fondren Guitars
-Hal & Mals for Blue Mondays
-Underground 119
-F. Jones Corner
-Lucky Town Brewery
-Cathead Distillery
-Fondren after Five
-Pearl River Kayaking
While visiting Jackson I recommend staying in Downtown to be close to attractions and restaurants. The Westin Jackson is a great choice that offers the convenience of being in the heart of Downtown near all the action. The hotel offers five different room styles, a full service spa, and a delicious southern food menu at their Estelle Wine Bar and Bistro.
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Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
A Family goes to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum for the first time! The museum has a History side and a Civil Rights side. $8.00 for 1 or $12.00 for both. This was a great experience for the us!!
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum shares the stories of a Mississippi movement that changed the nation. The museum promotes a greater understanding of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and its impact by highlighting the strength and sacrifices of its peoples.
Visitors will witness the freedom struggle in eight interactive galleries that show the systematic oppression of black Mississippians and their fight for equality that transformed the state and nation. Seven of the galleries encircle a central space called “This Little Light of Mine.” There, a dramatic sculpture glows brighter and the music of the Movement swells as visitors gather.
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Mississippi U.S.A. 1961.
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Description: Freedom riders had started to travel across the south with the purpose of contributing to the cause of of eliminating discrimination based on race or ethnicity by testing segregation policies in bus terminals. In May of 1961, a bus carrying fourteen black and white freedom riders arrived at a bus station in Jackson, Mississippi, where they were escorted and guarded by armed troops, sixteen patrol cars, and an airplane. At a previous stop in Alabama, the bus had been attacked and passengers had been injured. After exiting the bus, the riders went inside of the bus station and attempted to use the white only restaurant and restrooms. When they refused to move on, they were arrested and charged with disturbing the peace and/or inciting a riot rather than breaking Mississippi's segregation laws. In this documentary, there is footage of the bus carrying the freedom riders into Jackson, Mississippi, the riders unboarding the bus at the bus station, entering the bus station, and being escorted, under arrest, out of the bus station by Jackson police. A WKY reporter explains why integration had not been adopted in Mississippi. The documentary also includes interviews that reflect the attitudes held by different groups in regards to the issue of integrating Mississippi. William Simmons, the secretary of the White Citizens' Council, explains why he believes segregation should continue in Mississippi and responds to the reporter's questions concerning his views on equality. Medgar Evers, an African-American civil rights activist and field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), explains why he thinks Mississippi citizens were less aggressive than those in Alabama, as well as the lack of leadership in Jackson's black community. Charles Oldham, the national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), explains the purpose and goals of the freedom rides and how he believes the freedom rides will lead to changes in policies and attitudes that support integration. The reporter discusses Mississippi's resistance to change traditional institutions such as segregation and white supremacy. Mississippi's governor, Ross Barnett, speaks before an audience about how the behavior of Mississippi's white citizens during the bus's stop in Jackson. Men and women are stopped on the street by the reporter and share their opinions about integration and/or the Freedom Rides. The night of the freedom riders' trials, Jackson's black leaders hold a meeting. Footage of three men speaking to the 126 people who attended the meeting. Governor Barnett responds to questions about how long the state planned to finance the fight against integration. The documentary concludes with Oldham, Evers, and Simmons briefly explaining why they believe integration will or will not occur.
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Coverage: Jackson (City), in Mississippi (USA)
MARC Geographic Areas: Mississippi (msu); United States (xxu)
Extent (quantity/size): 28min 51sec
Media: 16 mm film; Moving Images
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Subjects: Barnett, Ross R. 1898-1987 / Civil Rights / Congress of Racial Equality / Discrimination--Law and legislation / Documentary television programs / Equality before the law / Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 / Freedom Rides, 1961 / Jackson (Mississippi) / Race relations / Racism / Segregation / State Action (Civil Rights) / White citizens councils
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Jackson: Museum of Mississippi History
One Mississippi, Many Stories. Step into the museum and be transported back in time to experience the stories of Mississippians over thousands of years. Throughout the galleries, you will explore interactive exhibits, see engaging artifacts, and hear stories from people who shaped our state.
The First Peoples13,000 BC–AD 1518
Native American mounds rise up across Mississippi’s landscape today. Who built these mysterious earthworks, and why? This gallery explores the sophisticated cultures of the first people to call this land home. Walk through time as you view archaeological finds—including pottery, tools, and weapons—that tell the story of these ancient cultures.
Cultural Crossroads1519–1798
Before 1519, Native Americans were the only people living in the land that would become Mississippi. By 1798, the non-native population had grown to over 8,000. Who would ultimately control this region? Dramatic artifacts—including wrought-iron slave shackles—illustrate this time of transition.
1799–1832
Cultural clashes raged throughout the Mississippi Territory in the years preceding statehood. European settlers poured into the region to claim farming land, bringing enslaved Africans with them. Mississippi joined the United States in 1817. What happened to Native Americans during this time? Explore these turbulent years—and the state that they created—in this engaging gallery.
Cotton Kingdom1833–1865
By 1840, there were more enslaved African Americans than whites living in Mississippi. White Mississippians were determined to preserve slavery, even if it meant leaving the United States that they had so recently joined. What would become of “Cotton Kingdom”—and newly freed African Americans—during four long years of war?
The World Remade1866–1902
The end of slavery and the Civil War brought the challenge of reconstructing a war-torn state. How would Mississippians rebuild their economy? Forced to make the most of natural resources, timber companies cleared over a million acres of new farmland in the Delta. But the majority of farmers were trapped in unfair sharecropping systems, even as the promise of new opportunities in America drew immigrants from across the globe.
Promise and Peril1903–1927
The century began with promise. As airplanes roared across the skies, medical advances improved the way some people lived on the ground below. But rising floodwaters from the Mississippi River ravaged homes and businesses in 1927, and boll weevils infested cotton crops across the state. Which industries did Mississippians turn to when agriculture failed them? Explore the changes and challenges Mississippians faced at the turn of the century.
Bridging Hardship1928–1945
The Great Depression crippled new industry in Mississippi, leaving thousands without jobs. How would people adapt to these changing times? The average Mississippian made less than ten dollars a month, so families grew their own food and hunted to survive. World War II brought further transformations as more than ten percent of the state's population signed up for military service.
1946–PRESENT
Mississippi was thrust into the national spotlight as the struggle for equal rights raged in courtrooms, schools, and businesses across the state. How did Mississippians move forward? Technology, industry, and immigration continued to change the social landscape of the state, and a diverse array of activists, artisans, entrepreneurs, politicians, and everyday citizens contributed to Mississippi’s story.
ReflectionsAt the end of your journey through the Museum of Mississippi History, you are invited to share your own history. What story will you contribute? Step into our video reflections booth to tell us about your memories of Mississippi. Your comments could be integrated into Reflections areas throughout the museum.
GHETTOS OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
Jackson, Mississippi.
Jackson is the capital city of Mississippi. The statewide Mississippi Freedom Trail runs through the city, encompassing a number of historic sites that were significant in the civil rights movement. These include the Medgar Evers Home Museum and the landmark Mississippi State Capitol building. In leafy LeFleur’s Bluff State Park, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science includes an aquarium and nature trails.
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Mississippi Civil Rights Museum omitts Eisenhower 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights Acts
In December 2017, a Civil Rights Museum opened in Jackson Mississippi. Charles Marsala of Save Nola Heritage toured on December 27, 2017.
The Museum omits displaying information on the Civil Rights Acts by Republican President Eisenhower in 1957 and 1960.
In 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower had ordered in federal troops to protect nine children integrating into a public school in Arkansas, the first time the federal government had sent troops to the South since the Reconstruction era.[2] In 1955 and 1956 there were physical assaults against suspected activists and bombings of schools and churches in the South. As a result, the Eisenhower administration proposed legislation to protect the right to vote by African Americans.
The goal of the 1957 Civil Rights Act was to ensure that all Americans could exercise their right to vote. By 1957, only about 20% of African Americans were registered to vote, blacks had been effectively disfranchised by discriminatory voter registration rules and laws since the 1870s by: literacy and comprehension tests, poll taxes and other means.
The Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas, realized that the bill and its journey through Congress could tear apart his party, which had 30-50% opposed to civil rights. Johnson sent the bill to the judiciary committee, led by Senator James Eastland of Mississippi, who proceeded to drastically alter the bill. The bill passed the House with a vote of 285 to 126 (Republicans 167–19 for, Democrats 118–107 for)[4] and the Senate 72 to 18 (Republicans 43–0 for, Democrats 29–18 for). President Eisenhower signed it on September 9, 1957.
Democratic Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, an ardent segregationist, sustained the longest one-person filibuster in history (24 hours 18 minutes) in an attempt to keep the bill from becoming law.
The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was enacted May 6, 1960) as a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote.
The new legislation was proposed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his message to the 86th Congress on February 5, 1959, when he stated that every individual regardless of his race, religion, or national origin is entitled to the equal protection of the laws. President Eisenhower supported civil rights legislation. In his message to Congress, he proposed seven recommendations for the protection of civil rights:
• Strengthen the laws that would root out threats to obstruct court orders in school desegregation cases
• Provide more investigative authority to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in crimes involving the destruction of schools/churches
• Grant Attorney General power to investigate Federal election records
• Provide temporary program for aid to agencies to assist changes necessary for school desegregation decisions
• Authorize provision of education for children of the armed forces
• Consider establishing a statutory Commission on Equal Job Opportunity Under Government Contracts (later mandated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to create the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
• Extend the Civil Rights Commission an additional two years[2]
Louisiana Native Guard - omitted:
The Museum errs in who is lists as the first all African-American Regiment. The first would be the Louisiana Native Guard of 1,200 men from New Orleans who signed up to defend New Orleans from Union attack in 1861.
Perhaps the first African-American Unit was actually the 450 Free men of color of 1815 who fought in the Battle of New Orleans. But given that those men were part of 4,000 men enlisted for less than four weeks by Andrew Jackson, there is no specific Unit number assigned to them. Or maybe those men are the first integrated U.S. Military Unit?
Also Omitted: Benjamin & his son Isiah Montgomery of the Davis Plantation:
Joseph Davis allowed captive Africans on his plantation to retain money earned commercially, so long as they paid him for the labor they would have done as farmworkers. Thus, Montgomery was able to accumulate wealth, run a business, and create a personal library.
Benjamin was the first elected black official in Mississippi. Isiah was the first elected mayor in Mississippi. Isiah founded Mound Bayou Mississippi.