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Flyer has a red background with bold white letters reading Creative Arts and Scholarly Engagement 2025. There is a close-up headshot of Natasha Trethewey to the left of the text. Event info is in the body of the post.
24
Jan

2025 CASE Festival

January 24, 2025By
Call for Submissions The Margaret Walker Center invites proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the 19th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 4 & 5, 2025. The CASE Festival will feature a keynote address by Natasha Trethewey, a Mississippian, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and Pulitzer Prize-winner....
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Beige background. The right side of the flyer is text heavy, and the info is present in the post's body. Underneath the text are three logos: the black and white seal logo of the Council of Federated Organizations at Jackson State University; a blue and green IDEA Institute for Democratic Education in America logo; and the light blue and black Margaret Walker Center logo. On the left side of the flyer is a collage of old photographs of various people, young and old, playing basketball, walking, talking, etc.
21
Jan

The White Peril: Omo Moses Book Signing

January 21, 2025By
We are very proud and excited to announce a book signing with Omo Moses for his highly anticipated family memoir, The White Peril. Omo Moses is an activist, educator, and the founder of MathTalk. He is also the son of civil rights activist Bob Moses, who largely founded and also co-directed COFO while it was in...
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Decorative and logo and text heavy graphic. Info is in the body of the post.
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Dec

Poetry Out Loud

December 17, 2024By
Join us in the Jackson State University Student Center Ballroom B at noon on January 29 for the central regional Poetry Out Loud competition. Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide high school contest in which students compete by reciting poetry; winners are decided by judges using a variety of metrics like memorization and articulation. The...
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Dark navy background with a grey box lining the bottom containing the Jackson State University, Margaret Walker Center, Mississippi Humanities Council, and Mississippi Historical Society logos. Left side has a picture of a smiling man in a grey suit, red tie, and blue shirt and glasses. White and red text reads Reflections on the Mississippi Movement. Other text contains details of the event, present in the caption.
16
Dec

Reflections on the Mississippi Movement

December 16, 2024By
Join us at COFO on Thursday, January 16, for a special event. Reflections on the Mississippi Movement will examine two seminal works, I’ve Got the Light of Freedom by Charles Payne and Local People by John Dittmer. An excellent panel of scholars will be present to talk with Dr. Payne about these works and engage in a general conversation about...
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Charcoal and blue-gray background with some red shapes around the edges. The logos for the Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, and MS Humanities Council are along the bottom, to the left of a headshot of a smiling man in a black suit and red tie and glasses with a white background behind him. The text advertises the MLK Convocation and labels the photo as Charles Payne, Keynote Speaker.
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Dec

57th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation Events

December 16, 2024By
Our 57th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Convocation will take place at 10:00 a.m. on January 17 in the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Charles M. Payne, whose classic book I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. There also will be a poetry...
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Flyer with photograph of students leaning out of bus. Has info for Freedom Summer event. Schedule, address, and other information in blog post description.
23
Sep

60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

September 23, 2024By
We are very excited to announce our upcoming event on October 3, the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer! This event will feature two panels, one of scholars and one of civil rights veterans, speaking on the civil rights movement in MS. Learn about the struggle for voting rights and hear firsthand stories of activism and...
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