At 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2021, the Margaret Walker Center will host, via its Facebook page, its 26th annual For My People Awards, sponsored by AARP Mississippi. This year’s Awards ceremony will feature three recipients in a virtual conversation, A Movement: The Past to the Present. For their contributions to African American history...Read More
The Margaret Walker Center is pleased to announce that David J. (Dave) Dennis, Sr., will be the keynote speaker for the 53rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Virtual Birthday Convocation at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Dennis is a civil rights veteran who has worked and fought for 60 years to help people...Read More
The second Welty at Home Virtual Book Club pick is Margaret Walker’s historical novel Jubilee. Published in 1966, Jubilee is the semi-fictional account of Vyry, a biracial slave—the unacknowledged daughter of her master—who is born on the Dutton plantation in Georgia. The novel spans the time before, during, and after the American Civil War and...Read More
These programs and exhibitions are free and open to the public and are financially assisted by the National Endowment for the Humanities through the Mississippi Humanities Council.Read More
Jubilee Picnic immediately following unveilingRead More
