The National Park Service says nine sites in Mississippi connected with the 1955 murder of Emmett Till and the 1964 Mississippi Freedom project fit the requirements for the National Park System.
The site of Mt. Zion Methodist Church was another. It was one of 20 black churches to be firebombed across Mississippi during that Freedom Summer.Flashback:
The 1964 Freedom Summer project brought northern college students down to the American South to help register Black Mississippians to vote. Three civil rights workers were killed during the summer. Inclusion into the National Park System would make the sites easier to find and more accessible — and it could open the door for federal funding to preserve them.Civil rights advocates, historians and social justice travelers have been mapping out sites in recent years as a way to remember and confront episodes connected with trauma.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Glacier National Park: Exploring the world’s first international peace parkGlacier National Park takes its name from the many glaciers that shaped its topography over two million years. It features some of the most amazing mountain scenery in North America.
Read more »
Florida National Park Forced to Shut Down Due to Illegal Immigration InfluxAn influx of illegal immigration has forced the United States National Park Service to close Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys.
Read more »
Ashley Korenblat: Timed entry system at Arches National Park was a successAshley Korenblat: 'To ensure that Arches will support us for the long run, we have an opportunity to explore ways to manage visitation that will produce satisfied and, hopefully, amazed and inspired customers.'
Read more »
National Geographic | National Geographic
Read more »
N.J. wrestlers in the national rankings: 35 grapplers garner national attentionHere's where some of the state's best grapplers rank nationally.
Read more »
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts again after brief pauseHawaii’s Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava.
Read more »