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VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and 50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history.

Flags were placed at the graves of 13 Black soldiers killed in an 1864 massacre at Ross Landing, Arkansas, buried as unknowns but recently identified.

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In recent years, the National Park Service has broadened how it presents history in parks nationwide.

In Vicksburg, Mississippi, recent ceremonies honored the memory of 18 Black soldiers who fought for the Union and were killed or wounded in 1864 by Confederate soldiers.

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would...

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history.

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history.

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history. Recent ceremonies honored the memory of 18 Black soldiers and two white officers who fought for the

Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg National Military Park — the hilly battlefield where Union and Confederate soldiers fought and died over whether the U.S. would continue allowing slavery in the South. Union forces won a pivotal campaign to capture the town of Vicksburg and gain control of the Mississippi River in 1863, hastening the w...