Homecoming Street Jam. Face painting. Student government elections. Mayfest. International Week. The list for activities that occur annually on Gibbs-Green Plaza in the heart of Jackson State University’s campus could go on and on. Students hang out on the “plaza” day in and out discussing everything from what happened in their last class to the game next week. But many of those students are uninformed of the catastrophic events that occurred nearly 33 years ago, unaware of the reason we call it Gibbs-Green Plaza.
