On Tuesday, November 1, the Margaret Walker Center and Common Cause Mississippi will host a screening of the documentary Get in the Way: The Journey of John Lewis at 7 p.m. in the JSU Student Center Theater. A discussion via Skype will immediately follow the hour-long film with Kathleen Dowdey, the producer/director; Donna Guillaume, consulting producer; Camara Kambon, composer; and...Read More

The Margaret Walker Center is now accepting nominations for the 2017 For My People Awards to be held at Jackson State University on Friday, January 13, 2017.  Nominations should include a 250-500 word statement on the merits of the nominee and appropriate contact information for the nominator and the nominee.   For more information or to make a nomination, e-mail the...Read More

                  JSU recognizes Dr. Dernoral Davis for thirty-five years of service as associate professor and department chair in the Department of History.  A Jackson native and graduate of JSU, Dr. Davis recieved his doctorate from the State University of New York.   He specializes in African American,...Read More

The Civil Rights, Civil Wrongs art exhibit has been extended at the Margaret Walker in Ayer Hall on the campus of Jackson State University through Friday, December 2.                              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 the "30th...Read More

COFO Center receives $216,000 grant to study Mississippi civil rights movement.  Read more about it here.  Read More

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