Showcasing the significance of history is nothing new to John Fleming.
Dr. Fleming ’66, is known throughout the country for his scholarship, particularly in the African-American experience. As a historian, author, academician and museum expert, Fleming has increased inclusion of African American stories and culture into museum presentations and education, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and most recently the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
The newly-opened Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, in Jackson, is designed to tell the full history of the era from 1945 to 1976.
“I think it helps to tell a fuller American story,” Fleming stated in a recent article about the Museum. “For so long, museums and history textbooks have either excluded African-American history or dealt with them only during the period of slavery, some relating to reconstruction and maybe some relating to the Civil Rights Movement.”
The museum’s 16,000 square feet feature multiple exhibits that highlight the consequences African Americans and their supporters faced for speaking out.
To read a recent article about Fleming, visit: http://www.morganton.com/news/morganton-native-plays-major-role-in-opening-mississippi-civil-rights/article_d9dfd1ea-e1fa-11e7-94b6-8f6f2ae6d1ce.html
To learn more about the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, visit its website at: www.mcrm.mdah.ms.gov