Preserving a ‘jewel’: Inside efforts to renovate Jackson’s historic Smith Robertson Museum

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Pamela Junior described it as one of the city’s jewels.

Located along Bloom Street and Jessie B. Mosley Drive, a street named after its founder, the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center has hosted living legends of the Civil Rights Movement to Smithsonian exhibitions.

In 2014, it was named one of the “50 States, 50 Spots” by CNN Travel, according to the Clarion-Ledger…

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