Gov. Haley Barbour appointed his own group earlier this year to look at the feasibility of a civil rights museum. His budget proposal includes $500,000 for planning.
Jackson State University political science professor Dr. Leslie B. McLemore, who serves on the Jackson City Council, thinks its time to showcase Mississippi’s civil rights history.
“I think we have scholars in this state and scholars external to this state who have studied this history, who know this history and will share the unvarnished history in our state and with our own people,” he says.
“One of the great tragedies is that we in our state don’t know our own history,” he adds. “So the civil rights museum will help to educate all of us, especially our young people.”
— Associated Press
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