Deborah Douglas' new travel book serves as a primer to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, with sites that bore witness to catalytic moments and tips on where to stop and shop Black-owned businesses.
By Kayla Thompson
May 24, 2021 | 5:28 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Monday, May 24, marks 60 years since the Freedom Riders were arrested in Jackson.
Fred Douglas Moore Clark, Sr., was one of the Freedom Riders from Jackson. He said in 1959, he got more involved in the fight to end segregation on public transportation.
“I went to train under Martin Luther King in the swamps of Georgia when school was out, and from there, I witnessed a lot of things.”
In 1961, he organized a group to get on a bus out of Jackson, but things took a turn.
“I pushed a door on the wrong side, and it made a loud noise and scared everybody. So it put everybody on alert, so the police asked us to get out of the station three times. And of course, we didn’t. So, we were arrested for breach of peace and inciting a riot,” he stated.
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African-American history is living history, building upon what has been established as well as establishing new blocks to build upon. Mississippi is profoundly rich in African-American history, being “ground zero” for so much of our collective experiences.
As we say farewell to 2021’s African-American History Month, we here at
The Mississippi Link give a special salute to seven Living Legends among us, those who have been in the trenches for decades and still pushing forward their progressive boundaries.
These Mississippians are reflective of the resilience of our collective heritage. The Hon. Constance Iona Slaughter-Harvey describes it this way:
National Civil Rights Museum president leaves mark on site
by John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 30, 2021 10:55 am EDT
Last Updated Jan 30, 2021 at 10:58 am EDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. In November 2014, Terri Lee Freeman became president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
Two years later, the Smithsonian Institution opened its much-heralded National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington.
The following year saw the arrival of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson.
In April of the next year came the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.