![]() It was expected to attract half a million visitors. ![]() Rashid: It was back in November 2000, I was watching TV one morning and came across a promo of “The Majesty of Spain” exhibition, which was the third in a series of biannual international exhibitions hosted by Jackson’s Mississippi Arts Pavilion. Ghayyur: Why did you choose to establish this museum? And what inspired you to take this initiative? As I interview her today, I am taken aback by her dynamism and positive energy. ![]() ![]() Okolo Rashid, who helped launch the International Museum of Muslim Cultures (IMMC) in Jackson, Mississippi, was recently featured in The Face Behind the Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America, written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author Donna Gehrke-White.Ī Master of public policy and administration by education, Okolo Rashid spent more than 20 years in inner-city community development, organizing and historic preservation prior to establishing the museum.Ī revert to Islam for 30 years, she has been a vocal and articulate advocate of social justice, multiculturalism, and anti-racism all her life. ![]()
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