Join us for the 53rd annual Gibbs-Green Commemoration and wreath-laying in Ayer Hall on the campus of Jackson State University from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. A special virtual reality experience will be unveiled thanks to the support from the JSU Division of Research and Economic Development. A reception will...Read More
Schedule of Events Friday, April 14 The Future of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State: A Feasibility Study Sharice McCain, Marlin King and Christina Berry, NEOO Partners Robert Luckett, MWC Director JSU Student Center Theater 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. The Legacy of Margaret Walker Dr. Maryemma Graham and Dr. Carolyn Denard...Read More
Documentary Screening with Freedom Riders Hezekiah Watkins and Rabbi Phil Posner Margaret Walker Center Facebook and YouTube 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 23, 2023Read More
Poetry Out Loud is a national high school recitation contest sponsored by the Mississippi Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Foundation. This statewide preliminary contest is free and open to the public.Read More
The Margaret Walker Center invites proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the hybrid 17th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 14 & 15, 2023. The CASE Festival will focus on the legacy of Margaret Walker, Black women writers, and the 50th anniversary of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival at Jackson State....Read More
The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University is pleased to announce that Charlie Cobb, civil rights activist and journalist, will keynote the 55th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Convocation. Free and open to the public, MLK Convocation will be held in M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge auditorium at 1072 John R. Lynch Street at 9:00 a.m.,...Read More
Make plans to join the Jayne Avenue Neighborhood Association for CHEW, CHAT, & CRAFT in celebration of the Bicentennial of the City of Jackson at the Margaret Walker Alexander Library from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 19. Free and open to the public, there will be fun for all ages!Read More
The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University is seeking a Visiting Scholar, whose research interests include the Black Arts Movement, the Black Studies Movement, or the Modem Civil Rights Movement. Founded by the writer and scholar Margaret Walker in 1968, the Center is an archive, museum, and Black Studies institute, dedicated to the...Read More
Join us for this panel and opening reception at the Margaret Walker Center in Ayer Hall at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, for a special exhibition, Housing Insecurity in Mississippi. The official exhibit opening will immediately follow in the nearby Johnson Hall Art Gallery at Jackson State University. Read More
Come and learn about the Lantern Project, a multi-state and multi-institution effort to digitize legal records of enslaved persons, led by Mississippi State University Libraries and featuring records from Mississippi State University Libraries, University of Mississippi Libraries, Delta State University Libraries, Historic Natchez Foundation, the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System and the Montgomery County (Alabama)...Read More
