This third volume of the Moses Meredith Cultural Arts Children's Book Series describes Nashida's tour of the Old Capitol Museum in the capital City of Jackson, Mississippi, the lawmakers who walked through the halls, and explores the impact that laws have on society.

This book covers frontier life in Jackson, Indian Removal, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the disenfranchisement of freedmen.

Notable names include Congressman John Roy Lynch, Governor James L. Alcorn, General Andrew Jackson, Abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Senator Hiram Revels, Governor Adelbert Ames, Alderman Smith Robertson, and President James A. Garfield.