Where was the civil-rights law ... the Summer Project believe that some of those involved in it welcome the antagonism of Mississippi whites as the best way to get large-scale federal ...

Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964.

Their assignment was to interview civil rights activists throughout the Mississippi Delta, weaving together personal stories with old photos and other artifacts that describe this era in American ...

COFO. It stands for the Council of Federated Organizations and while many of you have never heard of it, COFO is an ...

Historic landmarks within the capital city help demonstrate Black History’s impact in Mississippi. The Two Mississippi ...

Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi? When 14-year-old Emmett Till left Chicago for ...

It ended at the state Capitol, where an estimated 15,000 people gathered for Mississippi’s largest civil rights rally. This year, Meredith had planned to walk 200 miles (322 kilometers ...

For the second consecutive time, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated for the best history museum in the United States in USA Today's 10 Best Reader's Choice Awards.Voting ...