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Margaret Walker Alexander National Research Center
Both an archive and museum, the Alexander Center is dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of 20th Century African-American history and culture. Founded by Margaret Walker Alexander in 1968, the Center seeks to honor her artistic and academic 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 Black Studies at Jackson State University.
The Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement Organization is also located in Ayer Hall.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Ayer Hall, Jackson State University
www.jsums.edu/margaretwalker
For more information, contact the Alexander Center at 601-979-3935 or through e-mail, mwa@jsums.edu.
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