Mississippi Freedom Trail names 12 new markers

The Mississippi Freedom Path was created to commemorate  the folks and locations within the state that performed a pivotal position within the Civil Rights  Motion. With the primary markers devoted in 2011, the path now consists of over 30  websites.

Below the coordination of the Mississippi Humanities Council, 12 new marker  websites have been chosen. 

The twelve new markers embrace: 

Victoria Grey Adams – Hattiesburg 

Berglund Faculty protests – McComb 

Dorie & Joyce Ladner – Palmers Crossing 

Henry Reaves & the Benton County Motion – Benton County 

Alexander vs. Holmes – Lexington 

Grenada Faculty Integration Disaster – Grenada 

Lawrence Guyot – Move Christian 

Annie Devine – Canton 

United League of Mississippi – Holly Springs 

Meridian Motion – Meridian 

Benjamin Murph and the Laurel Motion – Laurel 

Natchez NAACP Headquarters – Natchez 

Go to Mississippi, the state’s tourism workplace, has requested the Humanities Council to assist  coordinate the following section of the path. With particular federal funds to assist tourism  improvement, Go to Mississippi has funding in place for twenty new markers to be  accomplished by the tip of 2024. 

The MHC is coordinating the choice, writing, and dedication of those new markers.  The council has assembled a students committee of historians and neighborhood leaders  which has chosen the following eleven civil rights websites to be commemorated.  

The Mississippi  Humanities Council is made up of Chairman, Preselfannie McDaniels of Jackson, Vice Chair Douglass Sullivan-González of Oxford, Secretary Ebony Lumumba of Jackson and 20 trustees together with Tim Lampkin of Clarksdale.

All of those new markers will probably be researched and written by students and devoted in 2023 and 2024. 

 “We couldn’t be extra excited to work with Go to Mississippi to protect and promote Mississippi’s very important civil  rights historical past,” mentioned MHC Government Director Dr. Stuart Rockoff. “Our hope is these markers not solely appeal to  vacationers but additionally strengthen our communities by serving to all Mississippians admire our state’s very important civil  rights historical past.” 

Eight extra markers will probably be chosen by the committee from an open utility course of. The primary  deadline for these Freedom Path purposes will probably be September 1. To study extra in regards to the Mississippi  Freedom Path and to use for a marker, go to www.mshumanities.org. 

The Mississippi Humanities Council is funded by Congress by means of the Nationwide Endowment for the  Humanities to supply public applications in conventional liberal arts disciplines to serve nonprofit teams in  Mississippi. The MHC creates alternatives for Mississippians to study themselves and the bigger  world and enriches communities by means of civil conversations about our historical past and tradition.