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Design and text heavy flyer advertising the "COFO Mural Celebration" on July 24, 2021. The flyer includes a partial image of the mural, which features faces of civil rights activists Bob Moses and Fannie Lou Hamer.
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...
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A large group of students stand outside of Alexander Hall, a multistory brick and concrete building. Some of the students hold signs. Bullet holes are visible on the outermost wall of the building.
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...
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11Logo with text that reads "CASE Creative Arts and Scholarly Engagement Festival." Each letter of CASE is styled in a different artistic font.
The Margaret Walker Center invites proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the 15th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled to be held virtually on Friday and Saturday, April 9 & 10, 2021.   Proposals must be submitted by Saturday, March 6. Taking a cue from Kiese Laymon, the theme for the 2021 CASE is “Bearing/Baring the Weight/Wait: The Struggle for Self-Actualization & Change in Mississippi.” However,...
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