Robert Luckett, history professor and head of the Margaret Walker Center, writes: Our governor and the Legislature want to revamp MAEP and strengthen charter schools. We must be wary. It's not by chance that modern school-choice "reform" has a strong connotation with our racist past. Many in the state's white leadership are products of white-flight...Read More

The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library will host an exhibit of photographic prints from the collection of Levi J. Rowan, former president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Alcorn State University) from Jan. 30-Feb. 24.  Part of the Margaret Walker Center's permanent collection at Jackson State University, 10 black-and-white framed photographs, depicting individuals, families, groups, office scenes...Read More

The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO, The Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations, The Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages, and The Department of History and Philosophy present: Fences: African Americans in Major League Baseball featuring Curtis Granderson at COFO (1017 JR Lynch St.) at 6pm Thursday, Feb. 9. Before Jackie Robinson...Read More

Award-winning author Nicholas Lemann will give a talk on “The History of the History of Reconstruction” at the Old Capitol at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7. Lemann is dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and the author of five acclaimed books, including Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War....Read More

The History Department at Mississippi State University invites undergraduate scholars to submit papers for the ninth annual Symposium for History Undergraduate Research (SHUR). The symposium, "Looking Back to the Future: Examining the Anomalies of the Past," will provide students with the opportunity to present their research in the format of an academic history conference and...Read More

Reporter Destiny Alexander describes Banks', long-time visiting professor in the DPH and active JSU alumni, work with Rev. Eddie Carthans to bring new economic and educational opportunities to Holmes County.  "We want a brighter future for all residents there and will promote education as a major means for achieving economic growth and prosperity throughout Holmes County,”...Read More

Jackson State University’s Margaret Walker Center has received a $300,000 grant from the NoVo Foundation to work with young women of color throughout the South in conjunction with Natalie Collier and the Lighthouse project. Founded by a gift from businessman Warren Buffett, the NoVo Foundation – “Novo” the latin word that can mean to make anew, refresh, revive, change,...Read More

Beverly Bishop, Allante Boykin, Tavia Chatman, Iasia Collins, and Hannah Williams graduated with B.A.s in History.  Candice Brent and Darius Smith earned M.A.s in History.  Congratulations on your success and good luck for your future!Read More