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Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg battlefield
VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through ...
Fox News1y
Mississippi families honor recently identified Black soldiers at Civil War battlefield
Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg National ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press1y
At a Civil War battlefield in Mississippi, there's a new effort to include more Black history
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school ...
NBC News1y
A Mississippi Civil War memorial now includes more Black military history
Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg National ...
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New Civil War museum coming to Vicksburg
(WLBT) - A new Civil War Museum is coming to the city ... lacks the space for expansion,” Megan Bankston, Vicksburg Project Manager with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History ...
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At a Civil War battlefield in Mississippi, there’s a new effort to include more Black history
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school ...
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Black soldiers are honored, name by name, at a Civil War battlefield
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims ...
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At a Civil War battlefield in Mississippi, there's a new effort to include more Black history
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