33rd Avenue School has a long and storied history in Gulfport, Mississippi. As the only junior high and high school for African Americans in Gulfport during the time of Jim Crow segregation, the school represents an important community institution that educated Gulfport’s black residents, but also prepared them for success in life. The teachers were some of the most important leaders in the tight-knit black neighborhoods of this Gulf Coast city, and their positive impact on the students resonates today.
My role on the team was exhibition designer and co curator on this project. Our team spent two years meeting with alumni to gather stories, images and artifacts for the final installation at the Jobcorps building in Gulfport, Ms. the building is slated to open in the spring of 2025.
