There's a new push to develop civil rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups are using federal dollars to preserve the stories before memories fade and landmarks are lost.

There's a new push to develop civil rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups are using federal dollars to preserve the stories before memories fade and landmarks are lost.

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There's a new push to develop civil rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups are using federal dollars to preserve the ... rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups ...

The region is a wide, flat plain from Memphis, Tenn., to Vicksburg, Miss., along the Mississippi River, and it has big claims to America's Civil Rights history. Preservationists say now is the time to ...

The region is a wide, flat plain from Memphis, Tenn., to Vicksburg, Miss., along the Mississippi River, and it has big claims to America's Civil Rights history.

There's a new push to develop civil rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups are using federal dollars to preserve the stories before memories fade and landmarks are lost.