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The Margaret Walker Center invites proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the hybrid 16th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 8 & 9, 2022. The 2022 CASE Festival will focus on music through the broad theme of Past, Present, & Future: A Legacy in Music. Proposals must be submitted by Monday,...Read More
The Office of Community Engagement at Jackson State University, thanks to funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, has completed an outdoor mural by the artist Sabrina Howard at the COFO Civil Rights Education Center. The mural represents pioneers of the West Jackson community and was a collaboration of the neighborhoods that surround JSU including Washington...Read More
Programming June 28, 2021: Exhibition Opening, Johnson Hall Art Gallery, Jackson State University 6:00 p.m., Thursday, July 1, 2021 Virtual opening conversation with Alieza Durana, Princeton Eviction Lab Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University 6:00 p.m., Thursday, July 22, 2021 Activism in the Face of Housing and Economic Insecurity Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning,...Read More
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 15, 2021, Jackson State University held a special Commencement ceremony for the Class of 1970 on the Gibbs-Green Memorial Plaza. For the first time ever, members of the Class had the opportunity to march in their regalia and receive their diplomas, presented by President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D. In the...Read More
Tracing Your Family Tree: An Introduction to Genealogy Research Robert F. Smith Explore Your Family History Center of NMAAHC With the Margaret Walker Center Hannah Scruggs, Lisa Crawley, Angela Stewart and Alissa Rae Funderburk 12:00p.m., Thursday, April 22, 2021 Register Here Please join the Robert F. Smith Family History Center Team as they guide participants...Read More
The Margaret Walker Center is pleased to announce the schedule of events for the 15th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, featuring writer and scholar Kiese Laymon, scheduled to be held virtually on Friday and Saturday, April 9 & 10, 2021. All plenary events will be livestreamed on the Margaret Walker Center Facebook page, but, if you...Read More
