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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