The state's Greek Revival capitol building from 1839 to 1903 now houses a Mississippi history museum filled with films and exhibits. You'll learn that secession was far from unanimous and how Reconstruction brought some of the harshest, presegregation "black codes" in the South.
Old Capitol Museum
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