Students Continue Legacy of Activism The COFO Civil Rights Education Center is proud to open its doors to student groups that engage in civil rights education, outreach, voting rights, and similar efforts, evoking the original organizing spirit that the Council of Federated Organizations embodied. In some cases, these groups focus on community building, like the […]
“Chain Breakers” Mural Local artist Sabrina Howard’s mural, “Chain Breakers,” is a prominent, eye-catching feature on the side of the COFO building. Now surrounded by the COFO Pocket Park, the work features figures who played important roles in the civil rights movement and surrounding community. From left to right, the mural depicts: Alyce G. […]
To visit the COFO Civil Rights Education Center, contact the staff of the Margaret Walker Center at 601-979-3935 or mwa@jsums.edu.
The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy will recognize the founders of the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute during the 2017 Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Awards Luncheon to be held Thursday, April 20, 2017. The honorees will receive the Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Award in an 11:30 a.m. ceremony held in Ballrooms A […]
Jackson, Mississippi – Black History 2017 is a cooperative project between the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO, The Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations, Gallery1, The College of Liberal Arts, Departments of English and Modern Foreign Languages, and History and Philosophy, that will celebrate history, culture and artistic engagement during this Black History […]
Thursday, February 16, 2017, 6:00 pm – A Panel Discussion – A Commemoration of The Life and Legacy of Benjamin Brown: 50 Years Later On May 11, 1967, a civil disturbance erupted into violence following a confrontation between a crowd of more than 200 people and Mississippi law enforcement resulting in the untimely death of […]
The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO Pays tribute to Nelson Mandela through Art and Scholarship The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO and Gallery 1 partners to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela through art and scholarship on beginning on Monday, February 13, 2017 –1017 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS, 39203; JSU Reading Faculty Book Talk: […]
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. Before Jackie Robinson integrated baseball in 1947, African-Americans had no choice but to play […]
Miss Black Mississippi USA and The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO will host a forum: “Saving Our Girls.” This will be an event for middle and high school girls and their mothers. The panel for this discussion have a vested interest in helping young women become effective leaders, build a higher self-esteem and develop […]
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