Jackson Advocate Offices near Farish Street.

Title: Jackson Advocate Offices near Farish Street.
Date: 1982
Creator: Roland L. Freeman, 1936-2023
Description: 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.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999; Urban life; Economics
Additional Subject: Architecture
Location: Farish Street Historic District; Jackson; Mississippi
Type: Photograph
Medium: Photograph
Measurements: 8 in x 10 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.oh.2022.fsp.photo25
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0528
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Source: Supplementary photograph collection with The Farish Street Project Oral History Collection
Collection: The Farish Street Project Oral History Collection