Particularly after World War II , in which many blacks served , returning veterans began to be active in the civil rights movement , wanting to have full citizenship after fighting in the war . In Mississippi , activists in the Vicksburg Movement became prominent during the 1960s . In 2001 , a group of Vicksburg residents visited the Paducah , Kentucky , mural project , looking for ideas for their own community development . In 2002 , the Vicksburg Riverfront murals program was begun by Louisiana mural artist Robert Dafford and his team on the floodwall located on the waterfront in downtown . Subjects for the murals were drawn from the history of Vicksburg and the surrounding area . They include President Theodore Roosevelt 's bear hunt , the '' Sultana '' , the '' Sprague '' , the Siege of Vicksburg , the Kings Crossing site , Willie Dixon , the Flood of 1927 , the 1953 Vicksburg , Mississippi tornado outbreak , Rosa A. Temple High School ( known for integration activism ) and the Vicksburg National Military Park . The project was finished in 2009 with the completion of the Jitney Jungle/Glass Kitchen mural
Flood of 1927
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Vicksburg, Mississippi