Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds...
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Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the central region of the U.S. state of Mississippi that covers...
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Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,252, making it the fifth-most populous...
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Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs...
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Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Tennessee and Mississippi State. Jackson played basketball for Detroit Edison Public School Academy in...
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A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due to severe storms in...
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second-year head coach T. C. Taylor and play at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. [note 1] The games against Grambling State...
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civil-military airport located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Downtown Jackson across the Pearl River. It is located...
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Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using...
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Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 10,202 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Jackson, Flowood is part of the Jackson Metropolitan...
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The post of Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, was begun in 1834 and was originally referred to as "President of Selectmen" before being changed to "Mayor"...
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While Jackson had a number of business interests in Tennessee, many of Jackson's "negro speculation" slave sales took place in Mississippi's Natchez...
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timeline of the history of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, USA. 1821 Mississippi capital relocated to Jackson from Natchez. Graveyard established. 1822...
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in 1999. Jackson State plays in the Eastern Division of the conference along with Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, and Mississippi Valley. The...
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C. Taylor, the Tigers played home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. [note 1]The game against Southern, a fellow...
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The Battle of Jackson was fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign during the American Civil War. After entering...
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Magnolias: The Mississippi Chinese, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi Jung, John. 2011. Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese...
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state of Mississippi. With its county seats (Raymond and the state's capital, Jackson), Hinds is the most populous county in Mississippi with a 2020...
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defunct shopping mall located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. The largest enclosed shopping mall in Mississippi, it contained 1,250,000 square feet...
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Jackson Volcano is an extinct volcano 2,900 feet (880 m) beneath the city of Jackson, Mississippi, under the Mississippi Coliseum. The uplifted terrain...
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Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker and written by Chris Gerolmo that is loosely based on the 1964 murder...
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in a bright pink building in Jackson, Mississippi's Fondren neighborhood. It was the only abortion clinic in Mississippi since the other one closed in...
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cuisine of central Mississippi. Its main ingredients are mayonnaise and ketchup or chili sauce. It was created at the Jackson, Mississippi, restaurant The...
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Station is an intermodal transit station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is operated by the Jackson Transit System and serves Amtrak's City of...
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Freedom Riders (category African-American history of Mississippi)
arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina; Winnsboro, South Carolina; and Jackson, Mississippi. The Freedom Rides were mostly focused on events that occurred during...
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Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the 10th most populous city in Mississippi. The population...
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Unofficial flag variant Before 1861, Mississippi lacked a flag. When the State Convention at the Capitol in Jackson declared its secession from the United...
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi. p. 16. Mississippi official and statistical register 1960-64. Jackson, MS: Secretary of State of Mississippi. 1965. pp. 393–395...
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Chokwe Antar Lumumba (category Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi)
attorney, activist, and politician serving as the 53rd mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, the 7th consecutive African-American to hold the position. In 2024...
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Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium has...
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