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The City With Soul

Steeped in southern culture, Jackson - The City With Soul - is home to a multitude of world-class painters, sculptors, dancers, actors, architects, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, and artisans, pulsing with creativity.

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TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS

222 North Street In December 2017, the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opened in celebration of the state’s bicentennial. The Two Mississippi Museums is a place where…

The Mississippi State Fairgrounds

Jefferson at Amite Starting in 1960, students from Tougaloo College and Campbell College boycotted the segregated state fair. In October 1961, with the support of Medgar, the students boycotted the fair again…

Old Jackson Municipal Public Library

301 North State Street In early March 1961, Medgar and Tougaloo Chaplain John Mangrum met with members of the Tougaloo College NAACP to discuss ways in which they could engage in nonviolent…

Jackson Woolworth Sit-In

On May 28th, 1963, students, and faculty from Tougaloo College staged a sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter downtown Jackson. This was the most violently attacked sit-in during the 1960s.

Greyhound Bus Station

219 N. Lamar Street On May 28, 1961, a Greyhound bus with nine Freedom Riders aboard arrived here, the third group of Riders into Jackson. The first two came on Trailways buses…

Farish Street District

Farish Street was once a vibrant area and one of the hubs for the black community in the capital city, particularly before integration. It was a commercial and entertainment district that also…

NAACP First Office

On January 23, 1955, Medgar and Myrlie opened the NAACP office at this location (507 ½ North Farish Street). Medgar was only 29 years old at the time, but based on the…

John R Lynch Street

Named after John Roy Lynch, Mississippi’s first black congressman who was elected to office during the Reconstruction period (1866-1877), Lynch Street – like Farish Street – served as a hub for black…

Masonic Temple — Stringer Lodge

The Masonic Temple is often referred to as the “cathedral of the Mississippi civil rights movement.” A number of civil rights-related activities took place in this building ranging from mass meetings to…

The COFO State Office

1017 Lynch Street Opened by Jackson State University in 2011, the COFO Civil Rights Education Center honors the past, deals with issues of the present, and offers hope for the future. Since…

Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument

2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, also known as Medgar Evers House, is a historic house museum at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive within the…

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