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The second volume in an unprecedented series by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture highlighting museum and archival collections at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Featuring more than seventy-five images alongside essays by historians, scholars, and educators, this publication tells the powerful story of Jackson State University (JSU) and its Margaret Walker Center, an archive and museum dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of African American history and culture.
Essays in this book highlight JSU’s remarkable history as a public HBCU in Mississippi and its status and work today as the state’s only urban research university. Also featured is the artistic, academic, and activist legacy of Margaret Walker and the Black Studies Institute she founded in 1968, now named in her honor.
In addition to beautiful examples of the collections at JSU and the Margaret Walker Center, this book features stories of key Mississippians, including photographers Doris Derby and Roy Lewis, educator Jane Ellen McAllister, cartographer William D. Lamson, and activist Frankye Adams-Johnson. Important events in JSU’s history such as the tragic 1970 police shootings and the groundbreaking 1973 Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival underscore both the daunting obstacles and the intellectual and artistic achievements at JSU. Throughout this volume, the campus vibrancy and resiliency are prominently featured in images that invite readers to examine the richness of the collection at the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University.
"'Excellence’: Smithsonian exhibit celebrates HBCUs amid attacks on Black history."—The Guardian
Reviews for Volume 1:
“At the Vanguard does more to take seriously the life changing work of Black memory workers at HBCUs; it artfully and rigorously pushes us to accept the multiple ways cultural workers at HBCUs have created the most lasting artful pathways in my lifetime. Absolutely necessary and unforgettable."—Kiese Laymon, Professor of English and Creative Writing, Rice University
“Opening the pages of this book is like diving into a treasure trove of African American history...The essays, informative and tautly written, provide critical information about museums, archives, murals, records, and sculptures of HBCUs. The pictures are a joy to behold...pictures of some of the art works collected are a powerful reminder of our persistence and resilience.”—Dr. Julianne Malveaux, economist, author, and President Emerita of Bennett College
Volume Co-editor: Robert Luckett Jr., Director, Margaret Walker Center
- Foreword by Denise Jones Gregory, President, Jackson State University
- The History and Culture Access Consortium by Auntaneshia Staveloz and Marion McGee, Office of Strategic Partnerships, NMAAHC
- Introductory Essay by Robert Luckett Jr., Director, Margaret Walker Center
- Highlights from the Collection
Margaret Walker Intro essay by Maryemma Graham, Professor Emerita, University of Kansas
Jackson State University Illustrated interstitial essay by Preselfannie W. McDaniels, Interim Provost and VP for Academic Affairs, Jackson State University
The Margaret Walker Center Intro essay by Jeanelle K. Hope, Caterpillar Curator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, NMAAHC - The Archive Intro essay by Angela Stewart, Archivist, Margaret Walker Center
- Acknowledgements
- Credits