The Oseola McCarty House is a museum housed in Ms. McCarty’s restored home, which is now located in the Sixth Street Museum District of Hattiesburg. The museum depicts the life and legacy of the Hattiesburg washerwoman who saved her earnings and donated them to The University of Southern Mississippi to create scholarships that would afford students the opportunity to attend college, a chance that she did not have.
A Project of the Hattiesburg Convention Commission Presented by The University of Southern Mississippi
Hours of Operation
Wednesday – Friday
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday
12 – 4 p.m.
By appointment please call 601.450.1942 or inquire at the African American Military History Museum, 305 East 6th Street.
I never want Ms. Ola to become ‘just a name on a building.’
Stephanie Bullock Ferguson
Instead, I pray her legacy is remembered as a legacy of excellence & foresight. Ms. Ola never gave The Gift with the intention of becoming THE GIFT. She gave it because that was her heart’s posture. She gave it because she knew the value of education and she knew how hard it can be to get one. She believed education was critical and her greatest desire was to help young people accomplish a dream she didn’t get a chance to fulfill.
First Oseola McCarty Scholar
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