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Flyer has a red speckled background with a black vignette. Bold letters read Poetry Out Loud Mississippi Recitation Contest and there is text reading Wednesday, Jan 22. The Margaret Walker Center and the Mississippi Arts Commission logos are near the bottom. Text also reads JSU Student Center Theater 12 pm.
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Poetry Out Loud

December 17, 2024By
Join us in the Jackson State University Student Center Theater at noon on January 22 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 program...
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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.
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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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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.
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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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