Jackson Mississippi
After the Tupac conference, Charlie Braxton, Al Kapone, the other panelists and I gathered across the street from the Jackson State University campus at the new Penguin Bar and Grill for a dinner and round table discussion.
After the Tupac conference, Charlie Braxton, Al Kapone, the other panelists and I gathered across the street from the Jackson State University campus at the new Penguin Bar and Grill for a dinner and round table discussion.
The area east of the Jackson State University campus along J.R. Lynch Street is being restored as a historic district. These blocks were the center of the civil rights movement in Mississippi, and they include the Masonic Temple, where many civil rights meetings were held, and the headquarters of the Council of Federated Organizations or COFO, which was the statewide group coordinating all civil rights activity in the state.
The area east of the Jackson State University campus along J.R. Lynch Street is being restored as a historic district. These blocks were the center of the civil rights movement in Mississippi, and they include the Masonic Temple, where many civil rights meetings were held, and the headquarters of the Council of Federated Organizations or COFO, which was the statewide group coordinating all civil rights activity in the state.
The R U Still Down Conference: The Career and Impact of Tupac Shakur was held on the campus of Jackson State University on Thursday, February 16. It was organized in part by noted Mississippi poet and activist Charlie Braxton, and featured a number of panelists, including myself, Memphis rapper Al Kapone, and Mississippi artists and DJs, including Skipp Coon, Kamikaze and DJ Phingaprint.
The R U Still Down Conference: The Career and Impact of Tupac Shakur was held on the campus of Jackson State University on Thursday, February 16. It was organized in part by noted Mississippi poet and activist Charlie Braxton, and featured a number of panelists, including myself, Memphis rapper Al Kapone, and Mississippi artists and DJs, including Skipp Coon, Kamikaze and DJ Phingaprint.
Jackson, Mississippi has a cool building called Banner Hall which houses Lemuria Books, one of the country’s best book stores. With large sections devoted to music, New Orleans, Mississippi, the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, Lemuria has something for nearly everyone. Downstairs in the same building is the Broad Street Baking Company, an affiliate of the the Mangia Bene company which runs Bravo and Sal and Mookie’s Pizzaria. Broad Street is a wonderful place to grab breakfasts, pizzas, salads or sandwiches after that hour or so of book browsing.