Mississippi was a crucial "battleground" in the American Civil Rights Movement. Even today, there are plenty of reminders of the important role that Mississippi played in African-American history. A Civil Rights driving tour of Jackson the state capital will take you past the home of slain NAACP leader Medgar Evers as well as Freedom Corner. To find out more about significant Civil Rights locations in Mississippi, search below.

Search below for Historic Mississippi locations. Enter as much information as you can to narrow your search. Attraction Name: Any African American Heritage Driving Tour African American Military History Museum B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center Belle Flower Missionary Baptist Church Black History Gallery Black History Museum of Corinth Canton Multicultural Center & Museum Civil Rights Driving Tour Clarksdale Walk of Fame Cottonlandia Museum Dunleith Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center Eureka School Evening Star Lodge #335 Farish Street Historic District First Missionary Baptist Church First Union Baptist Church Forks of the Road Slave Market Site Freedom Summer Trail Historic Downtown Natchez Ida B. Wells Barnett Museum Irene Magruder Historical Marker James Chaney Memorial Margaret Walker Alexander National Research Center McComb Civil Rights Driving Tour Medgar Evers Home Medgar Evers Library/Statue Mt. Moriah UMC Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Natchez Visitor Reception Center No Easy Journey Oak Grove AME Church Old Capitol Museum Philadelphia Historic Depot Pleasant Green Baptist Church Roy Wilkins Collection Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center St. John Baptist Church Tougaloo College University of Mississippi Wesley United Methodist Church Wilkinson County Museum & African American Museum William F. Winter Archives & History Building

City where attraction is located: Any Aberdeen Amory Avalon Baldwyn Bay St. Louis Belmont Belzoni Benton Bentonia Beulah Biloxi Blue Mountain Booneville Brandon Brookhaven Brooksville Bruce Canton Carrollton Causeyville Centreville Chatham Choctaw Chunky Church Hill Clarksdale Cleveland Clinton Collins Columbia Columbus Como Corinth Crystal Springs D'Iberville Daleville DeKalb Diamondhead Durant Ebenezer Edwards Ellisville Enid Enterprise Fayette Flora Flowood French Camp Friars Point Fulton Gautier Glen Allan Glendora Greenville Greenwood Grenada Gulfport Harriston Hattiesburg Hazlehurst Hernando Hollandale Holly Springs Horn Lake Hot Coffee Indianola Iuka Jacinto Jackson Kewanee Kiln Kosciusko Lauderdale Laurel Leakesville Leland Lexington Liberty Long Beach Lorman Louisville Lucedale Macon Madison Magnolia Mantachie McComb Mendenhall Meridian Merigold Metcalfe Michigan City Monticello Moorhead Morgan City Morgantown Moss Point Mound Bayou Mt. Olive Natchez Nesbit New Albany Newton Ocean Springs Okolona Olive Branch Onward Oxford Pascagoula Pass Christian Pearl Pelahatchie Petal Philadelphia Picayune Pickens Piney Woods Pontotoc Poplarville Port Gibson Prentiss Quitman Quito Raymond Ridgeland Ripley Rodney Rolling Fork Ruleville Sandy Hook Sardis Scott Seminary Senatobia Shelby Silver Creek Southaven Starkville Stennis Space Center Sturgis Tinsley Tishomingo Tougaloo Tunica Tunica Resorts Tupelo Tutwiler Union Union Church University Utica Vaiden Vardaman Vaughan Vicksburg Wahalak Walls Washington Water Valley Waveland West Point Wiggins Woodville Yazoo City County: Any Adams Alcorn Amite Attala Benton Bolivar Calhoun Carroll Chickasaw Choctaw Claiborne Clarke Clay Coahoma Copiah Covington Desoto Forrest George Greene Grenada Hancock Harrison Hinds Holmes Humphreys Itawamba Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis Jones Kemper Lafayette Lauderdale Lawrence Lee Leflore Lincoln Lowndes Madison Marion Marshall Monroe Neshoba Newton Noxubee Oktibbeha Panola Pearl River Pike Pontotoc Prentiss Rankin Sharkey Simpson Stone Sunflower Tallahatchie Tate Tippah Tishomingo Tunica Union Warren Washington Wilkinson Winston Yalobusha Yazoo OR state region: Any The Capital/River Region The Coastal Region The Delta The Hills The Pines

Refer to the map below for information on the five state regions.