Mission & Staff
An archive, museum, and Black Studies institute dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of African American history and culture.
Preserving African American history and culture
The Margaret Walker Center is an archive, museum, and Black Studies institute, dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of African American history and culture for a local and global community of students, scholars, and supporters.
Vision and goals
Founded by Margaret Walker in 1968, the Center seeks to honor her academic, artistic, and activist legacy by expanding and promoting its manuscript holdings and oral history collections, interpreting African American history and culture through its museum and exhibits, coordinating public programs on campus and throughout the community, preserving historic structures central to the African American experience, and advocating for a degree-granting Black Studies program at Jackson State University.
- Founded
- 1968, by Margaret Walker
- Type
- Archive, museum, and Black Studies institute
- College
- Liberal Arts
- Location
- Ayer Hall, Jackson State University
- Phone
- 601-979-3935
- mwa@jsums.org
Staff
Sharon Jessé Edwards, PhD
Alissa Rae Funderburk, MA
Patrice Jones, MS
Raymond Garrad Lee, MA
Robert Luckett, PhD
Karanja Matory
Angela D. Stewart, MA
Patricia Syner
Anastasia Taylor
Networks and partners
Collections, events, and visits
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Contact the Margaret Walker Center
College of Liberal Arts, Jackson State University
Ayer Hall, 1400 J.R. Lynch Street
P.O. Box 17008, Jackson, MS 39217