{"id":31636,"date":"2025-02-10T15:58:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/?post_type=poi&#038;p=31636"},"modified":"2025-02-10T16:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:21:14","slug":"canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum","status":"publish","type":"poi","link":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Canton Freedom House Civil Rights Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canton Freedom House played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement as the local headquarters of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Canton business man George Washington offered the house as a safe haven and headquarters for volunteers organizing protests and voter registration efforts. In 1964, white supremacists shot at the house and attempted to bomb it. Today, the structure is the last standing Freedom House in Mississippi that was used by CORE.\u00a0The home has been restored to serve as a civil rights museum, showcasing photographs, articles, and memorabilia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canton Freedom House played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement as the local headquarters of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Canton business man George Washington offered the house as a safe haven and headquarters for volunteers [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1486,"featured_media":31637,"template":"","poi_type":[78,102,57],"class_list":["post-31636","poi","type-poi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","poi_type-civil-rights","poi_type-history","poi_type-history-museums"],"acf":{"featured":false,"region":"1","details":[{"acf_fc_layout":"address_group","street_address":"838 George Washington Ave","city":"Canton","zip":"39046"},{"acf_fc_layout":"phone","phone":"6013172557"},{"acf_fc_layout":"email","email":"freedomhousecanton@gmail.com"},{"acf_fc_layout":"website","website":"https:\/\/freedomhousecanton.org\/"},{"acf_fc_layout":"hours","hours":"Monday\u2013Friday: 9 AM\u20134PM<br \/>\r\nSaturday: By appointment<br \/>\r\nSunday: Closed"}],"search_image":false,"gallery":false,"location":{"address":"838 George Washington Avenue, Canton, MS, USA","lat":32.618787900000000945510691963136196136474609375,"lng":-90.04685069999999313949956558644771575927734375,"zoom":14,"place_id":"ChIJZ5QbKTDZKYYReoFoKsCgSPA","name":"838 George Washington Ave","street_number":"838","street_name":"George Washington Avenue","street_name_short":"George Washington Ave","city":"Canton","state":"Mississippi","state_short":"MS","post_code":"39046","country":"United States","country_short":"US"}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Canton Freedom House Civil Rights Museum - Visit Mississippi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canton Freedom House Civil Rights Museum - Visit Mississippi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Canton Freedom House played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement as the local headquarters of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Canton business man George Washington offered the house as a safe haven and headquarters for volunteers [\u2026]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Mississippi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-10T22:21:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Canton-Freedom-House-Civil-Rights-Museum-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Canton Freedom House Civil Rights Museum - Visit Mississippi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Canton Freedom House Civil Rights Museum - Visit Mississippi","og_description":"The Canton Freedom House played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement as the local headquarters of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Canton business man George Washington offered the house as a safe haven and headquarters for volunteers [\u2026]","og_url":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/","og_site_name":"Visit Mississippi","article_modified_time":"2025-02-10T22:21:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Canton-Freedom-House-Civil-Rights-Museum-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/","url":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/","name":"Canton Freedom House Civil Rights Museum - Visit Mississippi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Canton-Freedom-House-Civil-Rights-Museum-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-10T21:58:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-10T22:21:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Canton-Freedom-House-Civil-Rights-Museum-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Canton-Freedom-House-Civil-Rights-Museum-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Canton Freedom House Civil Rights Museum"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/canton-freedom-house-civil-rights-museum\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"POIs","item":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"History","item":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/history\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Canton Freedom House Civil Rights Museum"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/","name":"Visit Mississippi","description":"The State for Wanderers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/#organization","name":"Visit Mississippi","url":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/visitmslogo-dark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/visitmslogo-dark.png","width":275,"height":111,"caption":"Visit Mississippi"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"featured_img":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Canton-Freedom-House-Civil-Rights-Museum-1.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/author\/randylynn\/","display_name":"randylynn"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on February 10, 2025","modified":"Updated on February 10, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on February 10, 2025 3:58 pm","modified":"Updated on February 10, 2025 4:21 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"poi_type":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/civil-rights\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Civil Rights<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/history\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">History<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/history-museums\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">History Museums<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Civil Rights<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">History<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">History Museums<\/span>"],"slug":"poi_type","name":"POI Types"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi\/31636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/poi"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi\/31636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"poi_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi_type?post=31636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}