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Margaret Walker Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Jubilee

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In a Jackson Free Press article, JSU history professor Robert Luckett explains that Jubilee was "the first novel to be written and published from the perspective of a black female slave going from slavery to freedom, and it's the true story of Margaret's grandmother and great grandmother and great-great grandmother. … The opening scene of 'Jubilee' is Margaret's real great-great grandmother dying in childbirth after having been repeatedly raped and given birth to multiple children by her master. She publishes that in 1966 while living here on the street that Medgar was assassinated on. It's an incredibly brave, powerful thing to do and was the first of its kind."  Read the JFP article to learn more.  Even better attend the symposium tomorrow, September 16, at 2 p.m. in the JSU Student Center Theater and the reception at 4pm in Ayers Hall.