Consider a gift to the Margaret Walker Alexander Black Studies Fund and support all of the work of the Margaret Walker Center, from our archival collections and exhibits to our public programming. Membership in the Margaret Walker Center is open to all persons who are interested in the purpose of the Center and in African-American history and culture.
The National Council of the Margaret Walker Center for the Study of the African-American Experience is constituted for the substantial development and promotion of the Margaret Walker Center. This Council shall be comprised of persons with influence on the national and international levels, who were impacted personally, artistically, and/or professionally by Margaret Walker and her works. Members shall commit themselves to heighten the prominence of Margaret Walker, promote the mission of the Walker Center, and develop the Center’s permanent endowment.
Members
Mr. Chaucer Barnes (New York, New York)
Dr. William Ferris (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Dr. Maryemma Graham (Lawrence, Kansas)
Dr. Alferdteen Harrison (Jackson, Mississippi)
Mr. Randall Pinkson (New York, New York)
Dr. Walter Reed (Jackson, Mississippi)
The Honorable Leah Ward Sears (Atlanta, Georgia)
Dr. Tonea Stewart (Montgomery, Alabama)
The Honorable William Winter (Jackson, Mississippi)
The Advisory Board for the Margaret Walker Center is a voluntary group that provides guidance for the development of the Center and advice to the Center Director and the University administration on ways to enhance the Center.
Dr. Robert Smith, Chair | Mrs. Willie Jones | |
Dr. Maryemma Graham, Vice-Chair | Mrs. Mildred Kelley | |
Dr. Jennifer Young Wallace, Secretary | Mr. C. Liegh McInnis | |
Mr. Milton Chambliss, Treasurer | Dr. Richard Middleton | |
Sen. Hillman Frazier, Parliamentarian | Dr. Patricia Murrain | |
Rev. Barron Banks | Dr. Theresia Ratliff | |
Ms. Natalie Collier | Ms. Evelyn Reed | |
Dr. Ella Jean Davis | Dr. Savina Schoenhofer | |
Mrs. Joyce Dorsey | Ms. Nettie Stowers | |
Rev. D.L. Govan | Mr. Reginald Thompson | |
Dr. Lucille Green | Mrs. Marcia Weaver | |
President Thomas Hudson | Dr. Glenda Windfield |
Emeriti Advisory Board Members
Mr. Paul Campbell
Senator Alice Harden
Dr. Lelia Rhodes
Mrs. Rosia Wade Crisler
Mrs. Alice Lewis
Mr. Claude McInnis
Mr. Clarence Hunter
Mrs. Dorothy Stewart Samuel
Mrs. Helen Govan
Margaret Walker Center
College of Liberal Arts
Jackson State University
Ayer Hall
1400 J.R. Lynch Street
P.O. Box 17008
Jackson, MS 39217
USA
Phone: 601-979-3935
mwa@jsums.edu
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