Abstract
Terror and Truth concludes by assessing the three major goals associated with civil rights tourism: economic development, image management, and social justice. The chapter spends considerable time addressing questions regarding the extent to which civil rights tourism can serve as a mechanism to address contemporary social justice issues. To answer this question, the chapter explores several tourism sites including the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, and the Emmett Till Interpretive Center. The chapter also explores efforts by Mississippi’s official culture to ironically challenge social justice memory practices, including changes to the state’s education curriculum and bans on teaching critical race theory. At the same time, the removal of the state’s controversial flag and the creation of Fannie Lou Hamer education resources signifies the powerful relationship between civil rights tourism and social justice.
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