VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history.

A Black Civil War reenactor holds on to his Union Army belt buckle during a ceremony of remembrance at the burial site of 13 soldiers of the 1st Mississippi Infantry (African Descent), Wednesday ...

As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg National Military Park — the hilly battlefield where Union and Confederate soldiers fought and died over whether the U.S. would ...

As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg National Military Park — the hilly battlefield where Union and Confederate soldiers fought and died over whether the U.S. would ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history.

VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and '50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history.

Black soldiers honored at Civil War battlefield March 3, 2024 at 3:05 a.m. by Mike Simmons ...

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 ...