As America’s semiquincentennial nears, museums throughout Mississippi are confronting the state’s complicated history head-on.
The adjoining Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, collectively called the Two Museums, have become essential to the state’s America 250 celebration.
As the monumental birthday approaches, the museum has created a temporary exhibit specifically for the occasion. Titled “Mississippi Made,” the display touches on the state’s past regarding Native Americans, enslaved people, and the Civil Rights era…