A photograph of Rufus Lounge on N. Farish Street in the Farish Street Historic District. At the time of the photograph, the business was closed and the building was in disrepair.
A front-view photograph of businesses on N. Farish Street in the Farish Street Historic District. At the time of the photograph, the businesses were closed and the building was in disrepair.
A side-view photograph of businesses on N. Farish Street in the Farish Street Historic District. At the time of the photograph, the businesses were closed and the building was in disrepair.
A photograph of the old Jackson Advocate offices near Farish Street in the Farish Street Historic District. The Jackson Advocate is an African American weekly newspaper founded in Jackson in 1938 by Percy Greene, a World War I veteran and Civil Rights leader in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
A photograph of Christ Temple Church on Lamar Street in the Farish Street Historic District. The denomination, which has over 160 member churches in the U.S., was founded ca. 1896 in Jackson by the Rev. Charles Price Jones. A historical marker was erected in front of the church in 1992 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.