Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

Wonderful museum

Amazing experience---Emmett Till part was powerful! Could've spent half a day in there. Beautiful structure externally and internally. And quiet enough during the pandemic to really enjoy.

Powerful museum

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum communicates the story of the struggle for civil rights in a unique and powerful manner. I learned a lot during my visit about the individuals involved in the figh...

A “must see” site

All Americans need to see this. Especially us white people who have been fed misinformation about how everything has been fine for black people since the 13th amendment and MLK. I was one of them. T...

Informative, disturbing

Lots to read. One (a little bit scary) surprise is in the Jim Crow section. There are motion detectors which trigger the sound of a gun cocking, then the voice of a redneck saying something threatenin...

A trip through some unsettling history

This museum is extremely well done. We spent over three hours there and could have spent three more if time had permitted! It sharpened our memory of events that shaped our nation from the inception...