MDAH holding community meetings about Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

From The Mississippi Link Newswire

JACKSON – The DSU Delta Center for Culture and Learning and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) held a meeting on the campus of Delta State University to discuss plans for the new Mississippi Museum of Civil Rights, which will be built in Jackson.

MDAH is holding these community meetings throughout the state.

Their purpose is to inform community leaders of the history of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum project, gather artifacts and first-hand accounts from veterans of the Civil Rights Movement for possible inclusion in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, seek support and input from the community in planning the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, and focus on the exhibit planning phase of the project.

Hank Holmes, Director of MDAH said: “We want citizens to know that their input is invaluable. We encourage you to come out to [these meetings] and share your thoughts. This museum is being built to honor your history and your opinion matters.”