{"id":28923,"date":"2024-08-15T15:14:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T20:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/?page_id=28923"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:13:59","slug":"freedomtrail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/freedomtrail\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#0a2248\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized mt-5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29600 lazyload\" style=\"width:auto;height:400px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29600 lazyload\" style=\"width:auto;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/659922983-freedom-quote-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull py-3 py-md-5 poi-intro has-vms-lyellow-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mississippi Freedom Trail<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Civil Rights Movement, from 1954 to 1968, is remembered as a time of inspirational leaders and everyday heroes who fought against oppression and injustice to secure freedom and equal treatment under the law for African Americans. 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