Washington Addition in Jackson in Hinds County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2018

1. Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) Marker

Inscription. Founded in 1961, COFO combined the Civil Rights efforts of the Congress of Racial Equality. NAACP, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and local groups under one umbrella. COFO's grassroots campaigns included voter registration, the 1963 statewide Freedom Vote, 1964 Freedom Summer, and organizing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. This building at 1017 J. R. Lynch Street, served as COFO's state headquarters.

Erected 2009 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1961.

Location. 32° 17.843′ N, 90° 12.114′ W. Marker is in Jackson, Mississippi, in Hinds County. It is in Washington Addition. It is at the intersection of John R. Lynch Street and Short Hickory Street, on the right when traveling east on John R. Lynch Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1013

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John R Lynch Street, Jackson MS 39203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Mississippi’s Natchez Trace Corridor.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: COFO Central Offices (a few steps from this marker); M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alpha Delta Zeta (about 800 feet away); Noel House (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Mark's Episcopal Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jackson State Tragedy (approx. 0.3 miles away); A Bench By The Road (approx. 0.3 miles away); Margaret Walker (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jackson.

Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) Marker and complex behind it. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2018

2. Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) Marker and complex behind it.

Another nearby marker, part of the Mississippi Freedom Trail. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2018

3. Another nearby marker, part of the Mississippi Freedom Trail.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 828 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 23, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.