The event consist of Jackson State Universities 133 year of service. It was on Thursday, October 21, 2010, on the Jackson State campus at the Gibbs-Green Pedestrian Walkway at 10:00 am.
Jackson State has celebrated its creation for 133year. The program was for all who wanted to know the rich history of Jackson State University. The benefits of knowing the struggles of the college was to know how it maintain and the accomplishments that have come to be. The need of this message is vital because it brings forth successors, leaders, and visionaries.
All came to celebrate this special event from students, faculty, alumni, founders, and general viewers. The program was opened by the JSU Percussion Ensemble with "Moonlight." The peak of the program came from Dr. Quinton L. Williams speech.
William spoke on large variety of topics. He touched on when JSU was almost closed in 1894 due to the lacks of funds from the state and the school had been voted to close. It was a six year struggle. The four year curriculum had to go down to a two year curriculum. He spoke about Einstein and how he felt that racism was Americas' greatest disease. He also said that Einstein said that being black was not a disease upon African Americans but the whites. William said that JSU represented love, hope and generations. He explained how his great ,great parents were once slaves, and how he came to be born. He proudly stated that his generation of siblings were the first to go to college. "It is possible," he stated.
JSU has been able to withstand racism, reconstruction, natural disasters, merge and the economy. JSU has faught to maintain, and maintain it will.
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