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Category: Bicentennial

Visitors get an ‘amazing, emotional’ look at Mississippi’s history – good and bad

Alex Rozier by Alex Rozier December 9, 2017January 11, 2021

Ticket-holders for the opening of the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum finally set their eyes on the exhibits Saturday.

Scenes from the opening of Two Mississippi Museums

Mississippi Today by Mississippi Today December 9, 2017April 3, 2018

Jackson mayor, others skip opening, but say public should visit Civil Rights Museum

Kayleigh Skinner by Kayleigh Skinner December 9, 2017December 13, 2017

Two Mississippi museums: ‘One is not complete without the other’

Avatar by Kendra Ablaza December 9, 2017January 11, 2021

200 bicentennial stories told in one ‘Mississippi Mile’

Sereena Henderson by Sereena Henderson December 8, 2017January 11, 2021

Trump speaks only to private audience at museum opening

Mississippi Today by Mississippi Today December 8, 2017March 3, 2020

Museum backers try to keep focus on Mississippi history; former Gov. Mabus to skip opening

Mississippi Today by Mississippi Today December 6, 2017June 24, 2019

White House confirms Trump visit to Civil Rights Museum opening

Adam GanucheauR.L. Nave by Adam Ganucheau and R.L. Nave December 4, 2017March 3, 2020

‘This Little Light of Mine’ shines at Civil Rights Museum

Sherry Lucas by Sherry Lucas December 2, 2017January 11, 2021

Quilts patch together moments in Mississippi history

Sherry Lucas by Sherry Lucas November 25, 2017December 19, 2017

Music is the ‘cultural jewel’ that Mississippi gave to the world

Avatar by Anna McCollum November 18, 2017January 11, 2021

New museum chronicles Mississippi movement that changed the nation

Avatar by Anna McCollum November 4, 2017January 11, 2021

Affection and fear on the Mighty Mississippi

Avatar by Mary Margaret Halford October 28, 2017January 11, 2021

Foodways Alliance cooks up recipe for enjoying food, exploring social issues

Avatar by Susan Marquez October 7, 2017January 11, 2021

Mississippi Symphony resurrects Scott Joplin’s only surviving opera

Sherry Lucas by Sherry Lucas September 30, 2017January 11, 2021

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