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Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center
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Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Walk eight galleries on Mississippi's civil rights struggle, gathered around a light sculpture that plays freedom songs.
222 North St · Jackson, MS
About Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Opened in 2017, this museum tells the story of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi through eight galleries set in a circle. At the center hangs This Little Light of Mine, a 40-foot sculpture whose lights grow brighter as more people gather beneath it while freedom songs play. The galleries follow people such as Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer and Vernon Dahmer. It shares a lobby and entrance with the Museum of Mississippi History, so you can see both in one visit.
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