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===Early 21st century=== In 2001, a group of Vicksburg residents visited the [[Paducah, Kentucky#Contemporary Paducah|Paducah, Kentucky, mural project]], looking for ideas for their own community development.<ref>[http://www.riverfrontmurals.com/muralcommunity.htm "It Took A Community To Raise A Mural!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715190931/http://www.riverfrontmurals.com/muralcommunity.htm |date=July 15, 2011 }}, Vicksburg Riverfront Murals</ref> In 2002, the Vicksburg Riverfront [[mural]]s program was begun by [[Louisiana]] mural artist [[Robert Dafford]] and his team on the floodwall located on the waterfront in downtown.<ref name="riverfrontmurals.com">[http://www.riverfrontmurals.com/indexmain.htm "Celebrating Vicksburg: A Great American Community"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715190937/http://www.riverfrontmurals.com/indexmain.htm |date=July 15, 2011 }}, Vicksburg Riverfront Murals</ref> 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 (steamboat)|''Sultana'']], the [[Sprague (towboat)|''Sprague'']], the [[Siege of Vicksburg]], the [[Kings Crossing site]], [[Willie Dixon]], the [[Great Mississippi Flood of 1927|Flood of 1927]], the [[1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado]], [[Rosa A. Temple High School]] (known for integration activism) and the [[Vicksburg National Military Park]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Vicksburg Riverfront Murals |url=http://www.riverfrontmurals.com/muralssponsors.htm |access-date=January 25, 2019 |website=Riverfrontmurals.com |archive-date=August 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821141045/http://www.riverfrontmurals.com/muralssponsors.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The project was finished in 2009 with the completion of the Jitney Jungle/Glass Kitchen mural.<ref name="riverfrontmurals.com" /> In the fall of 2010, a new 55-foot mural was painted on a section of wall on Grove Hill across the street from the original project by former Dafford muralists Benny Graeff and [[Herb Roe]]. The mural's subject is the annual "Run thru History" held in the Vicksburg National Military Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=081110 |url=https://issuu.com/vicksburgpost/docs/081110 |access-date=January 25, 2019 |website=Issuu.com |date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=March 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315040917/https://issuu.com/vicksburgpost/docs/081110 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=101310 |url=https://issuu.com/vicksburgpost/docs/101310 |access-date=January 25, 2019 |website=Issuu.com |date=October 13, 2010 |archive-date=March 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319095700/https://issuu.com/vicksburgpost/docs/101310 |url-status=live }}</ref> On December 6β7, 2014, a symposium was held on the 140th anniversary of the 1874 riots. A variety of scholars gave papers and an open panel discussion was held on the second day at the Vicksburg National Military Park, in collaboration with the Jacqueline House African American Museum.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/news/1874-vicksburg-riots-140th-anniversary-symposium.htm "140th Anniversary Vicksburg Riots Symposium"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927171959/http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/news/1874-vicksburg-riots-140th-anniversary-symposium.htm |date=September 27, 2015 }}, Press release, 6 November 2014, National Park Service, accessed June 15, 2015</ref>
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