Contributions by Reuben V. Anderson, Haley Barbour, Kane Ditto, Myrlie Evers, John E. Fleming, Dennis J. Mitchell, and William F. Winter

In December 2017, in celebration of our state's bicentennial, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History will open two state-of-the-art museums--the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The Museum of Mississippi History will explore the entire sweep of the state's history. The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, the first state-operated civil rights museum in the country, will explore the period from 1945 to 1976,...