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...Read More
Come and learn about the Lantern Project, a multi-state and multi-institution effort to digitize legal records of enslaved persons, led by Mississippi State University Libraries and featuring records from Mississippi State University Libraries, University of Mississippi Libraries, Delta State University Libraries, Historic Natchez Foundation, the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System and the Montgomery County (Alabama) Archives....Read More
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The Margaret Walker Center invites proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the hybrid 16th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 8 & 9, 2022. The 2022 CASE Festival will focus on music through the broad theme of Past, Present, & Future: A Legacy in Music. Proposals must be submitted by Monday,...Read More
The Office of Community Engagement at Jackson State University, thanks to funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, has completed an outdoor mural by the artist Sabrina Howard at the COFO Civil Rights Education Center. The mural represents pioneers of the West Jackson community and was a collaboration of the neighborhoods that surround JSU including Washington...Read More
Programming June 28, 2021: Exhibition Opening, Johnson Hall Art Gallery, Jackson State University 6:00 p.m., Thursday, July 1, 2021 Virtual opening conversation with Alieza Durana, Princeton Eviction Lab Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University 6:00 p.m., Thursday, July 22, 2021 Activism in the Face of Housing and Economic Insecurity Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning,...Read More
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 15, 2021, Jackson State University held a special Commencement ceremony for the Class of 1970 on the Gibbs-Green Memorial Plaza. For the first time ever, members of the Class had the opportunity to march in their regalia and receive their diplomas, presented by President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D. In the...Read More
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