The Holiday Inn Southwest was located at 2649 Highway 80 West and was built in 1962. Its history is detailed in the latest issue of the Pearl Street CDC newsletter. Below is [...]

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation [...]

50 years ago on May 12, 1967, Benjamin Brown died from gunshot wounds inflicted by law enforcement officers on John Roy Lynch Street the night before. His killing is one of [...]

Bobby Rush won his first Grammy last night for Best Traditional Blues Album for “Porcupine Meat.” Naming your album after a song entitled “Porcupine Meat” may [...]

The Center for University-Based Development (CUBD) at JSU recently received a grant for $15,000 dollars to do some preservation work in Mt. Olive Cemetery. The grant was [...]

Mrs. Bertha Bass Fox is an exceptional woman of unwavering faith and one of the oldest residents living in West Jackson. She was born to the late Tolman and Mazie Bass on [...]