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The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has awarded grants totaling more than $63,000 to ten preservation projects in Certi

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A work about the creation of a radical state history textbook has won the Mississippi Historical Society’s award for the best Mi

In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., FedEx Corporation is providing free admission to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History on Wednesday, April 4.

A Rankin County instructor has been named Mississippi’s outstanding history teacher by the Mississippi Historical Society.

Mark Keenum, president of Mississippi State University, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and Hi

The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, the origins of blues music, Mississippi during World War I, and women’s suffrage are some of the

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A historic African American library, a Jewish synagogue, and two Jackson elementary schools have been listed on the National Regist