In the months @USATODAY worked on “Seven Days of 1961” several civil rights vets, including Bob Moses & Ernest “Rip” Patton, passed. “The community is hurting because you don’t know who is going to die next,” said Pamela Junior, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. @MDAH_Official.
In honor of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday on Tuesday, Oct. 6, admission is free to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History.
https://t.co/DfGmTaenjy
Mary, I promised I would always be your eyes,
but our strolls through town are getting a little awkward
and I am NOT going to DESCRIBE CAP GARLAND'S TROUSERS TO YOU AGAIN
Pa came home from the mercantile with a strange box.
"Store's out of soda crackers," he said. "But I got some of those electric biscuits folks are talking about."
"Oh, Charles," Ma exclaimed. "Electric biscuits? Why, you'll get us all killed!"
Murrah HS graduate, Joshua Mannery, a junior at the University of Mississippi, has been named a finalist for the Truman Scholarship, a prestigious award that comes with national recognition and up to $30,000 for graduate school. https://t.co/wc91YYV1Dk #JPSProud
"A few days ago, 300 people gathered in the Old State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the election of Hiram Revels as the nation’s first African-American member of Congress." --Eric Foner
Watch last night's commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Hiram Revels's election to the U.S. Senate on the MDAH YouTube channel:
https://t.co/rm91DUcWho
Pictured is the House chamber in the Old Capitol. On Jan. 20, 1870, Hiram Revels was elected to the U.S. Senate in this room. Join us here at 6 p.m. on Tues., Feb. 11, when we celebrate Revels. Renowned historian Eric Foner & @AlcornStateU president Dr. Felecia M. Nave will speak
Today marks two years since the opening of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum! People from every state and around the world have visited since December 9, 2017. Have you? https://t.co/E72bnHzcUS
#museumofMShistory#MScivilrightsmuseum
Join the annual Christmas by Candlelight Tour on Friday, December 6. Park and take advantage of the shuttle buses running between sites or drive your vehicle and come and go on your own schedule. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. and lasts until 8 p.m. https://t.co/kVoTLMiR9n
The usual route into @BM_AG from Victoria Square is currently blocked - as these two visitors recently discovered!
But don't worry there's a detour in place that will only take a few mins to walk!
More info: https://t.co/sEzSvS0yrr
NEWS: MDAH has launched a new school visit program that offers scholarships to offset costs for Title I schools to visit the Two Mississippi Museums—the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.