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2025 Juneteenth Celebration 6/18
The Juneteenth Celebration is administered by your Jackson/Hinds Library System and is a community gathering of cultural expression. It is free and open to the public, and has attendees of all ages from infants to elders. It is an indoor and outdoor festival event...

Wear Orange Community Program to End Gun Violence
Wear Orange, a community program aimed at ending gun violence took place at your Medgar Evers Library on Saturday, June 7th 2025. It was led off with a personal testimonial and words of inspiration by a survivor of multiple gunshots and advocate for the ending of gun...

May Board of Trustees Meeting
The Jackson Hinds Library System invite you all to attend our May Board of Trustees Meeting on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 at the Margaret Walker Alexander Library from 4-6 PM CT.

Memorial Day Closure
All libraries and administrative offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 26th, 2025.

JHLS Color Our World Summer Reading Registration is Now Available
JHLS Color Our World Summer Reading Program registration is now available on Beanstack! Click on the link below to register today! https://jhlibrary.beanstack.com/reader365

The Jackson Hinds Library System (JHLS) Board of Trustees is delighted to announce Jeanne Williams as its new Executive Director, effective June 16, 2025.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sylvia Walker, Board Member Phone: 601-968-5807 Email: swalker@jhlibrary.org Website: jhlibrary.org Jackson, MS – The Jackson Hinds Library System (JHLS) Board of Trustees is delighted to announce Jeanne Williams as its new...
2025 Juneteenth Celebration 6/18
The Juneteenth Celebration is administered by your Jackson/Hinds Library System and is a community gathering of cultural expression. It is free and open to the public, and has attendees of all ages from infants to elders. It is an indoor and outdoor festival event...
Wear Orange Community Program to End Gun Violence
Wear Orange, a community program aimed at ending gun violence took place at your Medgar Evers Library on Saturday, June 7th 2025. It was led off with a personal testimonial and words of inspiration by a survivor of multiple gunshots and advocate for the ending of gun...
May Board of Trustees Meeting
The Jackson Hinds Library System invite you all to attend our May Board of Trustees Meeting on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 at the Margaret Walker Alexander Library from 4-6 PM CT.
Memorial Day Closure
All libraries and administrative offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 26th, 2025.
JHLS Color Our World Summer Reading Registration is Now Available
JHLS Color Our World Summer Reading Program registration is now available on Beanstack! Click on the link below to register today! https://jhlibrary.beanstack.com/reader365
The Jackson Hinds Library System (JHLS) Board of Trustees is delighted to announce Jeanne Williams as its new Executive Director, effective June 16, 2025.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sylvia Walker, Board Member Phone: 601-968-5807 Email: swalker@jhlibrary.org Website: jhlibrary.org Jackson, MS – The Jackson Hinds Library System (JHLS) Board of Trustees is delighted to announce Jeanne Williams as its new...