The Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations @ COFO, Jackson State University Department of History & Philosophy, Department of English & Modern Foreign Languages, and Gallery 1 The JSU Reading Community will engage in conversation with Akinyele Umoja, author of We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement" Akinyele Umoja is […]
In the autumn of 1965, sharecroppers Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter enrolled the youngest eight of their thirteen children in the public schools of Drew, Mississippi. Their decision to send the children to the formerly all white schools was in response to a "freedom of choice" plan. The plan was designed by the Drew school […]
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED The 2015 Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Awards Luncheon Press Release The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO Will Honor Five (5) Exceptional Citizens The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy will recognize six agents of change during the 2015 Fannie Lou […]
On February 19, 1965, Malcom X was brutally gunned down in New York City at the Audubon Ballroom in upper Manhattan. He had been a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI) recruiting thousands of new members and building chapters throughout the country. After leaving the NOI, he founded the Muslim Mosque Incorporated and […]
Public History Forum: The Growth of African American Focused Museums in the 21st Century October 7, 2014, 6 p.m. @ the COFO Complex This panel will discuss the growing field of museum-related opportunities in Mississippi as well as the importance of collections, fundraising, exhibitions, and museum education. Participants will be exposed to the critical […]
The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO Presents the 31st Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Symposium: “Remembering the Testimony at the Credentials Committee: A Testimony of Faith, Freedom and First Class Citizenship” In 1964 Fannie Lou Hamer testified before the Democratic Party’s Credentials Committee about the suffering of African-Americans and those willing to […]
“Jackson State University to Hosts National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Mississippi Civil Rights” Through a competitive process, faculty from Jackson State University, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Tougaloo College, and Southwest Minnesota State University, who make up the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute on Citizenship and Democracy, were awarded a grant supported by the National […]