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COFO Closed Due To Street Construction

May 20, 2026 – July 31, 2026

The COFO Civil Rights Education Center is closed due the ongoing John R. Lynch Street construction project. Gallery 1 is open until further notice.

COFO Civil Rights Education Center
1017 John R. Lynch St., Jackson, Mississippi 39203
601-979-3935

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Group Tour

11:30 am – 1:00 pm · July 30, 2026

COFO will be occupied with visitors at this time. Please plan walk-ins and tour requests accordingly.

COFO Civil Rights Education Center
1017 John R. Lynch St., Jackson, Mississippi 39203
601-979-3935

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Closed for Faculty/Staff Seminar

August 3, 2026 – August 4, 2026

Gallery 1 will be closed August 3-4 for Jackson State University’s Fall Faculty and Staff Seminar.

Gallery 1
1154 John R. Lynch St., Jackson, Mississippi 39203
United States

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Highlights
Text and design heavy flyer with a save the date note advertising the Margaret Walker Center’s Jubilee Picnic in the Student Center Ballroom A at JSU on July 7, 2026, at noon. The flyer features a photo of Margaret Walker sitting in a chair and smiling.

June 10, 2026

Jubilee Picnic

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Graphic with text advertising the 56th Annual Gibbs-Green Commemoration at Jackson State University on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. on the Gibbs-Green Plaza. The event will also include the Ben Brown Freedom Trail Marker Unveiling & Tribute to Lap Baker. A reception will follow in the Johnson Hall Art Gallery. The background is a photo of the exterior wall of a tall building with shattered windows and bullet holes.

April 28, 2026

56th Annual Gibbs-Green Commemoration

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Text logo that reads: ‘Jubilee A Folk Opera.’ The ‘i’ in ‘Jubilee’ has a red dash over it. The rest of the font is black.

April 28, 2026

Jubilee Opera

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Design and text heavy flyer advertising the 2026 Creative Arts and Scholarly Engagement Festival. The background of the flyer includes photos of panelists and audience members from past years. There is a closeup headshot of keynote speaker Dr. Evie Shockley.

April 1, 2026

2026 CASE Festival

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Margaret Walker Center

College of Liberal Arts
Jackson State University
Ayer Hall
1400 J.R. Lynch Street
P.O. Box 17008
Jackson, MS 39217

Phone: 601-979-3935
mwa@jsums.org

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Margaret Walker Center affiliations: African American Civil Rights Network; Association of African American Museums Institutional Member; American Writers Museum Affiliate; Catherine Coleman Literary Arts, Food, & Justice; Participating Member Distinctive Destinations National Trust for Historic Preservation; Mellon Foundation.
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