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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
![Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center, Tougaloo, MS]()
Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
![Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center, Tougaloo, MS]()
Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
![Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center, Tougaloo, MS]()
Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo, MS
Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS
As the first academic building built on this HBCU campus since 1959, this project had many requirements to fill numerous academic needs. The diverse program of the new building includes multi-disciplinary meeting and teaching spaces, a conference suite, and a 150-seat lecture hall. The building also accommodates Tougaloo’s important African American and African art collection with archival, curatorial, storage, and display spaces. This new building is sited on the historic campus green. As such, it had the added responsibility to fulfill Tougaloo’s mission “where history meets the future”: the resulting building both fits in and stands out. Of the many requirements was the educational mission to honor the civil rights teachers and veterans and continue the College’s tradition of cultivating civil rights activists and leaders.
The building has become one of the most popular meeting places on campus. As evidence of the project’s success, the College’s president recently remarked that besides being a great academic asset on campus, the building also embodies the Tougaloo mission by “respecting its history and looking to the future with hope,” as it helps teach new students about civil rights, freedom, equity and the importance of being a servant leader.
Duvall Decker was assisted by JPA Inc, Structural Engineering Associates, LLC, Atherton Consulting Engineers, Inc, and The Power Source, LLC.
Awards
2013 AIA Gulf State Region Honor Citation
2011 AIA Mississippi Honor Award
2011 Brick Industry Southeast Design with Brick President’s Award
Publications
Common Edge, “Duvall Decker Architects Thompson Center and the Long Arc of Practice” by George Dodds, PhD. 2021
The New York Times, 2017
Design Bureau, ARCHITECTURE: People, Places, and Ideas Driving Contemporary Design, 2012
Jackson Free Press
Cooperwood Senior Living
Flowood, MS
Small Arms Training Facility
172nd National Air Guard Base, Jackson, MS
Springdale Municipal Complex
Springdale, AR
Mississippi Library Commission
Jackson, MS
The Selah House
Malvern, PA
The Baddour Center Transitional Homes
The Baddour Center, Senatobia, MS
U.S. Courthouse Greenville, Mississippi
Greenville, MS
Arlington Center for Community Engagement
Arlington, TX
Spring Street
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Small Air Terminal
172nd National Air Guard Base, Jackson, MS
Jackson Free Clinic
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Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS
Oak Ridge House
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James H. White Library
Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS
Midtown Master Plan & Implementation
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Key Field Fire Crash Rescue Stations
186th Air Refueling Wing, Meridian, MS
Commissioner Dick Hall Hospitality Station
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Arlington Museum of Art
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Base Fitness Center
186th Air Operations Group, Key Field, Meridian, MS
The Reserves at Gray Park
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Operation Shoestring
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100 Depot Street
Oxford, MS
Canton Readiness Center
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Circle Bar Chapel
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Simulation Training Facility
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Fire Crash Rescue Stations
Jackson, MS
MS Dept. of Information Technology Services Agency, Data Center
Jackson, MS
Belhaven Pool House
Jackson, MS
Midtown Housing Phase I, II, and III
Jackson Housing Authority, Jackson MS
Jobie L. Martin Classroom Building
Hinds Community College, Jackson, MS
The University of Mississippi Data Center
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Tougaloo College Archives and Research Center
Coahoma County Higher Education Center
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Simpson County School District
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Jackson Public Schools Renovations
Dumas Hall Renovation
Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS
Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Conference Planning
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Crossway Student Worship Center
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Mississippi Center for Justice
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Hope HBCU-CDFI Economic Mobility Strategy Guide
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Venyu Shreveport, Data Center
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Rowan Hall
Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS
Army National Guard Facilities Design Guide
West Jackson Master Plan
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2915 N State Street
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UMMC Center for Telehealth Venyu Technology Campus
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Offices for Bradley Arant
One Jackson Place, Jackson, MS
Burr Forman
Jackson, MS
Dunn Management
Jackson, MS
Texas Southern University Strategic Academic Campus Plan
Houston, TX
