816 Elnora Knight Rd.
Hattiesburg, MS

Victoria Jackson Gray Adams was a civil rights activist and one of the founding members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the Council of Federated Organization (COFO). In the 1960 elections, she trained people in voter registration and taught literacy classes so that many African Americans could read, write, and understand the Constitution. In 1964, as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, she decided to run against Senator John Stennis, a white segregationist. During Freedom Summer, she helped open the Freedom Schools to push for civil rights in Mississippi.

This stop is part of the Mississippi Freedom Trail, which consists of 25 sites that offer visitors the opportunities to learn more about the Civil Rights movement, honor important figures of the era, and sightsee across the great state of Mississippi and is part of the United States Civil Rights Trail. The Mississippi Freedom Trail is a program of Visit Mississippi.

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