To visit the COFO Civil Rights Education Center, contact the staff of the Margaret Walker Center at 601-979-3935 or mwa@jsums.edu.Read More

The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy will recognize the founders of the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute during the 2017 Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Awards Luncheon to be held Thursday, April 20, 2017. The honorees will receive the Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Award in an 11:30 a.m. ceremony held in Ballrooms A...Read More

Jackson, Mississippi – Black History 2017 is a cooperative project between the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO, The Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations, Gallery1, The College of Liberal Arts, Departments of English and Modern Foreign Languages, and History and Philosophy, that will celebrate history, culture and artistic engagement during this Black History...Read More

Thursday, February 16, 2017, 6:00 pm – A Panel Discussion – A Commemoration of The Life and Legacy of Benjamin Brown: 50 Years Later On May 11, 1967, a civil disturbance erupted into violence following a confrontation between a crowd of more than 200 people and Mississippi law enforcement resulting in the untimely death of...Read More

The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO Pays tribute to Nelson Mandela through Art and Scholarship The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO and Gallery 1 partners to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela through art and scholarship on beginning on Monday, February 13, 2017 –1017 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS, 39203; JSU Reading Faculty Book Talk:...Read More

The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO, The Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations, The Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages, and The Department of History and Philosophy present: Fences: African Americans in Major League Baseball featuring Curtis Granderson. Before Jackie Robinson integrated baseball in 1947, African-Americans had no choice but to play...Read More

Miss Black Mississippi USA and The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO will host a forum:  “Saving Our Girls.” This will be an event for middle and high school girls and their mothers. The panel for this discussion have a vested interest in helping young women become effective leaders, build a higher self-esteem and develop...Read More

Dear friends of the Hamer Institute @ COFO:  Please take the time to complete the following survey regarding your most recent visit to the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO.  Feedback on your experience is a vital part of ensuring that the programs and events hosted by our institute is as effective as possible.  Please click the link below...Read More

Miss Black Mississippi USA, 2017 The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO  The Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations Will host a Parent Town Hall Miss Black Mississippi USA, 2017, The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO and the Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations will host a Parent Town Hall Discussion on Thursday November...Read More

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO will host a film screening of “The 30th of May.” For over 100 years, the city of Natchez had two Memorial Day celebrations—one black and one white. By the mid-1990’s, the white celebration faded away, while the black celebration known as...Read More