Energy and Natural Resources Committee, National Parks Subcommittee
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Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act This bill establishes the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the pivotal role of Medgar Evers in the civil rights movement. The National Park Service shall enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational programming related to the monument and may enter into other cooperative agreements to carry out this bill.
Higher educationHistoric sites and heritage areasMississippiMonuments and memorialsRacial and ethnic relations
A bill to establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes.
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| Updated: 8/15/2018
Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act This bill establishes the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the pivotal role of Medgar Evers in the civil rights movement. The National Park Service shall enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational programming related to the monument and may enter into other cooperative agreements to carry out this bill.