{"id":4881,"date":"2025-10-10T16:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/?p=4881"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:04:39","slug":"visit-margaret-walker-the-power-of-words-a-new-exhibit-in-gallery-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/2025\/10\/10\/visit-margaret-walker-the-power-of-words-a-new-exhibit-in-gallery-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit &#8220;Margaret Walker &amp; the Power of Words,&#8221; a New Exhibit in Gallery 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mississippi&#8217;s literary tapestry is woven with the distinct voices, past and present, of authors who evoke a powerful sense of place, resonant imagery, and characters that remain with you long after you&#8217;ve turned the last page.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">We are proud to help bring that history to the community with our new exhibit, <strong>&#8220;Margaret Walker &amp; the Power of Words<\/strong>,<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> located in Gallery 1 at Jackson State University. Immerse yourself in the history of an author, educator, and community member whose works were genre-defining and whose scholarship brought creative minds together.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Let yourself be inspired by the story of Margaret Walker. <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/visit-us\/\">Schedule your visit<\/a><\/span> to our exhibit today.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Open M-F, 9am-4pm, free admission<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">1154 J. R. Lynch St., One University Place<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jackson State University<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi&#8217;s literary tapestry is woven with the distinct voices, past and present, of authors who evoke a powerful sense of place, resonant imagery, and characters that remain with you long after you&#8217;ve turned the last page. \u00a0 We are proud to help bring that history to the community with our new exhibit, &#8220;Margaret Walker &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":454,"featured_media":4889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4881"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4892,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4881\/revisions\/4892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}