Jackson State University

Jackson State University (Jackson State, or JSU) is a truly dark college in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Established in 1877 in Natchez, Mississippi as Natchez Seminary by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York, the Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and added to its present grounds in 1902. It turned into a state-upheld open organization in 1940, and it is an individual from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, Jackson State University is an examination college with high research movement. In the fall of 2015, Jackson State University came to an understudy populace of almost 10,000 understudies, an increment of 11% since fall 2012 which set the college as the fourth biggest HBCU in the country.

The grounds contains 51 scholastic and regulatory structures on 245 sections of land (0.99 km2). The fundamental grounds is situated on JR Lynch St in the middle of Prentiss and Dalton St.

Ayer Hall was built in 1903 and is the most seasoned structure on grounds. It was named to pay tribute to the First President and was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Green-Gibb Pedestrian Walkway (Plaza) was named to pay tribute to the individuals who passed on in the Jackson State killings. The Walter Payton Health and Wellness Center was built in 2006. Jackson State likewise has satellite grounds all through the Jackson-Metropolitan zone which incorporates, The Universities Center (Ridgewood Road area), JSU-Madison grounds, JSU-Holmes grounds, JSU-Mississippi E-Center, and JSU Downtown (Building 100 on Capital Street