According to a Mississippi Department of Archives & History press release, a historic African American library, a Jewish synagogue, and two Jackson elementary schools were added to the National Register of Historic Places. The United States Department of the Interior approved the addition of Myrtle Hall Branch Library to Negroes in Coahoma County, Temple B’nai Israel in Forrest County, Hattie Casey Elementary school, Hinds County, and Pearl Spann Elementary school, Hinds County.