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“ ... document, exhibit the history of, and educate the public about the American Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. state of Mississippi between 1945 and 1970.” Inside, visitors will learn about such tragic American history as segregation, Jim Crow laws, lynchings, landmark court cases dealing with racially motivated murders and school integration lawsuits, and historical details about the opposing forces of the Ku Klux Klan and the Freedom Riders. Going back even further, the museum touches on the history of the first enslaved people brought to Mississippi in 1721 from the Caribbean. For information on the native peoples, the many sacred mounds they built and left behind, and their way of life, the separate Museum of Mississippi History covers 15,000 years of native history.
Detour to Vicksburg
A few detours off the NTP to take in some nearby famous places are recommended. One such place is Vicksburg, Mississippi. Vicksburg has two pilot-controlled airports, each with a single 5,000-foot runway, Jet-A fuel and cars available. Vicksburg Municipal (KVKS) is south of the city, while Vicksburg Tallulah Region (KTVR) is west, just across the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Both are certainly capable of accommodating most King Air operations. However, Vicksburg is less than 50 miles from Jackson, making it simpler to leave the aircraft at your chosen Jackson airport and make the 45-minute drive down I-20 to Vicksburg instead.
There, one of the largest and most strategically critical campaigns of the Civil War unfolded the Siege of Vicksburg. The Union needed to control Vicksburg to keep crucial Mississippi River supply lines open. By seizing it, they also hoped to bisect the Confederacy geographi- cally. It was no easy victory, re- quiring a 47-day siege, multiple battles won and lost by both sides and the engagement of 110,000 sol- diers. After over 37,000 causalities
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