Traveling Exhibits

The Margaret Walker Center offers traveling exhibits that explore the role of Jackson State University and the broader J. R. Lynch Street Corridor in the Civil Rights Movement as they interpret history through text, visuals, and historic photographs. The traveling exhibits are available to rent at no cost.

Email the center at mwa@jsums.edu to find out more.

“May 1970: The Gibbs-Green Tragedy at Jackson State College”

Immerse yourself in the events surrounding the May 1970 Tragedy at JSU through the powerful photographs of Dr. Doris Derby, a civil rights activist and photographer who was a staff member of Margaret Walker’s Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People at then Jackson State College. The photographs provide a firsthand view at the days and weeks immediately following the police shootings on campus.

The exhibit contains 60 images but may be modified to fit exhibitor needs.

A framed black and white photograph sits on a wooden easel. The photo depicts several people walking down a city street.

“A Decade of Action”

Follow the threads of history and activism through a decade-long exploration of Jackson State University and the J. R. Lynch Street Corridor. This exhibit examines the businesses, organizations, and people who took part in the fervent struggle for civil rights from around 1960 to the events that led to the brutal police shootings at Jackson State in May 1970.

The exhibit is comprised of 12 retractable banners.

The top half of the graphic is a black and white photo of students outside of a brick building with windows as the students stand with their fists in the air as protest. There are bullet holes visible in the wall and windows of the building. The bottom half of the graphic advertises an exhibit name: "A Decade of Action: Jackson State, Lynch Street & the Civil Rights Movement."

Six large, vertical, retractable banners stand on display in a library lobby. They are full of text, photos, and graphics. Large bold letters on the first panel read "A Decade of Action," the exhibit title.