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by Laura Inlow, [email protected] on February 15, 2016
GODFREY – University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen will formally introduce Gen. Colin Powell at the Inaugural Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation’s Annual Dinner March 31 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Meridian Ballroom. The University of Illinois is a founding partner of Lewis and Clark Com...
on January 15, 2016
Edwardsville, IL - More than 1,400 visitors have toured the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities (MJCH) since it opened on Dec. 1, 2015, and public reaction has been largely positive. Pictured at top, Carolyn Turner, Christiana Shaw and Harry Shaw, pose with a photo of Principal C.C. Jones, during Opening night of the MJCH. Above, a group of...
by The intelligencer - MATTHEW KAMP on December 15, 2015
Edwardsville residents have plenty to look forward to in 2016. Several projects, including the Spray and Play Park (May 31), Planet Fitness (early January) and the SIUE Fire Station (August), will be completed and open to the public in the upcoming year. There’s plenty of other projects that have Mayor Hal Patton excited about the future. ...
by The Telegraph - Kelsey Landis on December 14, 2015
EDWARDSVILLE — Plans for further development of the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities complex come with an economic impact of $81,014,203, according to a study by two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville economy professors. The Center was built with the goal of providing a space for community programming and educational opportuni...
by Nathan Grimm on December 10, 2015
Visitors enter the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities at the historic former Lincoln School on Main Street in Edwardsville Monday. The building has undergone a complete renovation.John Badman | The Telegraph Ed Hightower, left, greets visitors Monday, welcoming them to the open house of the Mannie Jackson Center for the...
by BILL TUCKER - The Intelligencer on December 10, 2015
A little more than a year after its ground breaking ceremony, the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities is ready to open. From 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, the public is invited to an open house at the facility, which is located at 1210 North Main St. in Edwardsville. Visitors will be able to tour the facility and light refreshments will be ...
by ELIZABETH DONALD - Belleville News Democrat on December 7, 2015
A century ago, Edwardsville’s black students marched into the tall brick building on North Main Street each day for lessons under the cloud of segregation. Now lessons will resume, but with a different purpose. In 1912, the county’s brick office building on North Main Street was designated as the segregated school for black childr...
by Ed Hightower, [email protected] on December 2, 2015
Edwardsville, IL – Visitors are invited to preview the new Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities during an Open House event Dec. 7. The building, located at 1210 N. Main St. in Edwardsville, Illinois, will be open from 1-6 p.m. for tours. Light refreshments will be served as visitors make their way through the halls that were once part of...
by Ed Hightower, [email protected] on November 23, 2015
Edwardsville, IL – Gen. Colin L. Powell, one of the most admired, respected leaders in American history, will launch the speaker series for the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities in Edwardsville. On March 31, 2016, Powell will be the guest speaker at the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation’s (MJCHF) inaugural dinn...
by DENNIS GRUBAUGH on November 9, 2015
EDWARDSVILLE — Call it a $20 million salute to human dignity — that’s how much Edwardsville benefactor Mannie Jackson is prepared to spend on a project that could transform the community’s Main Street in the next two years. As the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities prepares to open Dec. 1 in the former Lincoln Schoo...
by Sydney Ehmke on October 1, 2015
Edwardsville, IL – The historic Lincoln School will reopen its doors on Dec. 1, 2015 under a new name and with a new mission. The former school is now home to the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities, which aims to conduct activities that promote mutual understanding and respect among people of different cultures, races, ethnicities, rel...
on August 21, 2015
Lewis and Clark Community College and Mannie Jackson are proud to launch the new Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation website to support the mission and vision of the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities. Through this new website, citizens from around the world can explore the past, present and future of the Center. Learn about ...
on August 21, 2015
Edwardsville – The Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization charged with supporting the efforts of Lewis and Clark Community College’s Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities, has named Ed Hightower as the Executive Director of the Foundation. Hightower will take the helm of the new Foundation...
on October 13, 2014
GODFREY – With a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, Lewis and Clark Community College will officially kick off the renovation of the historic Lincoln School at 1220 N. Main Street in Edwardsville to create the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities.Mannie Jackson, L&C President Dale Chapman, Edwardsville...
on January 18, 2013
EDWARDSVILLE – Former Edwardsville resident Mannie Jackson has selected his hometown as the location for the national premiere of the documentary about his life entitled “Mannie Jackson: From Boxcar to Boardrooms.” The film, which has been produced by two award-winning producers for the Big Ten Network, will debut at 7 p.m. on Mon...
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