Mississippi Civil Rights Museum facts for kids
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Mississippi Civil Rights Museum (right), next to the Museum of Mississippi History
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| Established | 2011 (funding); December 9, 2017 (opening) |
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| Location | Jackson, Mississippi |
| Type | Public |
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. The museum is administered by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
According to Mississippi state senator John Horhn, it is the first state-sponsored civil rights museum in the United States.
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Mississippi state senator Hillman Frazier, whose legislative efforts proved critical to the museum's success.
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Gov. Haley Barbour, who pushed for a site selection commission in 2007.
