First state-funded civil rights museum breaks ground

With its violent history of hate crimes and staunch resistance to the civil rights movement, it might surprise some that Mississippi would be the first state to fund the building of a civil rights museum, signaling the beginning of a major change in race relations in one of the most historically segregated states in the country, according to Al Jazeera.

The project is expected to cost the state about $90 million. Officials are scheduled to break ground today on the development in Jackson.

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