Join us at COFO on Thursday, January 16, for a special event. Reflections on the Mississippi Movement will examine two seminal works, I’ve Got the Light of Freedom by Charles Payne and Local People by John Dittmer. An excellent panel of scholars will be present to talk with Dr. Payne about these works and engage in a general conversation about...Read More

Our 57th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Convocation will take place at 10:00 a.m. on January 17 in the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Charles M. Payne, whose classic book I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. There also will be a poetry...Read More

We are very excited to announce our upcoming event on October 3, the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer! This event will feature two panels, one of scholars and one of civil rights veterans, speaking on the civil rights movement in MS. Learn about the struggle for voting rights and hear firsthand stories of activism and...Read More

  Join us for the 2024 Jubilee Picnic at the COFO Civil Rights Education Center (1017 John R. Lynch Street) at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Free and open to the public, the Jubilee Picnic will celebrate what would have been Margaret Walker’s 109th birthday! Enjoy barbecue and birthday cake with us.Read More

  Join us for the 54th annual commemoration of the Gibbs-Green tragedy at Jackson State at 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The program will take place in front of Alexander Hall on the Gibbs-Green Memorial Plaza. It is free and open to the public, and a reception will take place immediately following the event...Read More

Join us for the Central Region of Mississippi Poetry Out Loud Contest at noon, Wednesday, January 31, in the JSU Student Center Theater. Free and open to the public, this event is sponsored by the Mississippi Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Foundation.Read More

Free and open to the public, the annual Jubilee Picnic celebrates Margaret Walker’s birthday. Join us for food, fun, and fellowship at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 7, at the Margaret Walker Center in Ayer Hall on the campus of Jackson State University as we cut the cake for what would have been our founder’s...Read More

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