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- Marilyn Mays, left, with Two Mississippi Museums Director Michael Morris, center, and Hinds County Tax Collector Eddie Fair, speak at the new exhibit of the Fannie Lou Hamer Presidential Medal of Freedom, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, at the "I Question America" gallery in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. Mays and Fair are the niece and nephew of Hamer. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Medal of Freedom finds home in Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,02/13/26-3:02PM , 208 Reads 2,565 Statewide
Civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

The Medal of Freedom was unveiled on display in the “I Question America” gallery Tuesday by Hamer’s niece, Marilyn Mays, and cousin, Hinds County Tax Collector Eddie Fair.
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- Nancy Carpenter poses for a portrait during the Our American Story event at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss., on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. The national tour, organized by America250, aims to collect stories from people across the country as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
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Mississippi has big plans for America250 celebration
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,01/01/26-1:58PM , 545 Reads 5,473 Statewide
For the next year, Mississippi will take part in America250, a variety of projects, initiatives and programming aimed at unifying Americans while venerating the country’s history, culture and ideas in celebration of the country’s upcoming 250th birthda
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Former VP Kamala Harris set to reopen Thalia Mara Hall with Jackson book tour stop
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/15/25-1:06PM , 587 Reads 6,085 Statewide
Jackson is one of 18 new sites recently announced by former Vice President Kamala Harris for stops on her national book tour.
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Barry White is tapped as next leader of Mississippi Archives and History
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,12/04/25-11:58AM , 522 Reads 5,407 Statewide
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced Wednesday that Barry White will succeed Katie Blount as the agency’s director when Blount retires next year.

White has been director of the department’s Historic Preservation Division since 2020.
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