Timeline of Jackson, Mississippi
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jackson , Mississippi , USA.
19th century
1821
1822
January: State legislature in session.[ 2]
Town laid out.
1838 - State Library established.[ 4]
1839 - State House built.
1840
Vicksburg -Jackson railway begins operating.[ 5]
Jackson chartered as a city.
Penitentiary built.
1842
1845 - College opens in Eagle Hotel.[ 7]
1846
City Hall built.[ 1]
St. Peter's church dedicated.
1847 - Mississippi Institute for the Blind founded.
1858 - New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad in operation.[ 8]
1861
1863
1864 - July 2–10: Occupation of Jackson by Union Army .[ 5]
1866 - Daily Clarion newspaper begins publication.[ 11]
1867
1868
1869
1870
People's Journal begins publication.[ 13]
Mississippi Penitentiary Library established.[ 4]
1882 - Natchez-Jackson railway begins operating.
1883 - Jackson College for Negroes in operation.
1885 - Yazoo City -Jackson railway begins operating.
1890
1891 - Confederate monument unveiled.
1892
1894 - Belhaven College for Young Ladies chartered.
1898 - Campbell College relocated to Jackson from Vicksburg.
20th century
1900
1901 - Century Theatre opens.[ 15]
1902
Mississippi Department of Archives and History and State Museum headquartered in city.
Art Study Club founded.[ 16]
Population: 7,816.[ 17]
1903 - Mississippi State Capitol building constructed.
1906 - YMCA organised locally[ 18]
1910 - Population: 21,262.
1911 - Mississippi Art Association formed.[ 16]
1914 - Country Club of Jackson organized.[ 19]
1919 - Jackson Zoo opens.[ 20]
1920 - The Clarion-Ledger newspaper in publication.
1920s - NAACP Jackson branch established.[ 21]
1923 - Edwards Hotel built.[ 9]
1925 - Woodrow Wilson Bridge built.
1926
Mississippi Library Commission headquartered in Jackson.[ 22]
Glendale Methodist Church established.[ 23]
1927 - Municipal Clubhouse Art Gallery opens (approximate date).
1929 - WJDX radio begins broadcasting.[ 24]
1930
Hinds County Courthouse built.
Population: 48,282.
1938 - WSLI radio begins broadcasting.[ 24]
1939
1940 - Population: 62,107.
1943 - Alamo Theater built.[ 25]
1944 - Summers Hotel in business.[ 9]
1945 - Jackson Photographic Society founded.[ 26]
1947
Radio Service Company in business (approximate date).[ 9]
Mississippi Progressive Voters' League headquartered in city (approximate date).[ 21]
1949 - Allen C. Thompson becomes mayor.
1950
Trumpet Records in business.[ 9] [ 27]
Population: 98,271.
1953 - WLBT-TV (television ) begins broadcasting.[ 28]
1954 - WJTV (television ) begins broadcasting.[ 28]
1955
University of Mississippi Medical Center opens.
Ace Records in business.[ 9]
1960 - Population : 144,422.[ 30]
1961 - Freedom Rides begin.
1962
1963
1966
1967 - Malaco recording studio in business.
1970
1970s - Queen of Hearts music club opens.[ 9]
1975
1976 - Jackson Camellia Society founded.[ 36]
1977 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson established.
1978 - Southern Coalition for Educational Equity headquartered in city.[ 31]
1979 - April: Flood .
1980 - Population : 202,895.[ 30]
1983 - Dons nightclub in business.
1984 - Methodist WellsFest begins.[ 37]
1985 - City adopts mayor-council form of government.[ 1]
1989 - J. Kane Ditto becomes mayor.
1990
1991 - Garden Club of Jackson organized.[ 39]
1997 - Harvey Johnson, Jr. becomes mayor.[ 40]
1999 - City website online.[ 41]
21st century
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2000
2002
2005
Frank Melton becomes mayor.
Mississippi Children's Museum opens (December 4, 2005).
2006 - Eudora Welty House museum opens.
2008 - Mississippi Black Leadership Summit begins.[ 42]
2009
2010
The Help (movie) filmed in Jackson.
Population: 173,514.
2012 - Population Est.: 175,437
2013 - Chokwe Lumumba becomes mayor.[ 46]
2014
Charles Tillman becomes interim mayor.[ 47]
Tony Yarber elected mayor April 22.
2020 - State Flag is replaced
See also
References
^ a b c "History of Jackson" . City of Jackson, MS. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ Rowland 1907 .
^ a b Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876" . Princeton University. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ a b c "Mississippi History Timeline" . Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ Edward Mayes (1899), History of education in Mississippi , Washington, DC: Gov't Printing Office, OL 25525974M
^ Andrew Morrison (1888). New Orleans and the New South . USA: Metropolitan Publishing Company.
^ a b c d e f g h "List of Blues Trail Markers" . Mississippi Blues Trail . Mississippi Blues Commission. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ Richard N. Current. (1993). Encyclopedia of the Confederacy . New York:Simon & Schuster. Vol. 2, p. 836. ISBN 0132760231.
^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ a b Julius Eric Thompson (1993), The Black press in Mississippi, 1865-1985 , Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813011744
^ Southern Farm and Home , vol. 1, Macon, Georgia, October 1870, pp. 4 v, hdl :2027/njp.32101064477407 {{citation }}
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^ "CinemaTreasures.org" . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ a b American Art Annual . NY: American Federation of Arts. 1916. hdl :2027/uc1.b3063397 .
^ "Mississippi", Rand-McNally Official Railway Guide and Hand Book , Chicago: American Railway Guide Co., 1902, hdl :2027/uva.x000764532
^ "Our History" . Metropolitan YMCA's of Mississippi. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "History" . Country Club of Jackson. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)" . Zoo and Aquarium History . USA: CRC Press . ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5 .
^ a b John Dittmer (1994), Local people: the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi , Urbana: University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252021029
^ "Mississippi Library Commission" . Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "Wells Church" . Jackson. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ a b Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Mississippi" , Radio Annual , New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
^ "Historic Theatre Inventory" . Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "Jackson Photographic Society" . Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ Marc Ryan (2004), Trumpet Records: Diamonds on Farish Street , University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 9781578066063
^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Mississippi" , Radio Annual and Television Year Book , New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
^ a b c d Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 , US Census Bureau, 1998
^ a b Nina Mjagkij, ed. (2001), Organizing Black America: an Encyclopedia of African American Associations , Garland, ISBN 9780815323099
^ "Miss. honors 50th anniversary of its Woolworth's sit-in" . USA Today . June 12, 2013.
^ Hinds Community College catalog . 1998.
^ "About Us" . Jackson MS: Lemuria Books. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "Jackson Camellia Society" . GuideStar . Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "WellsFest" . Jackson: Wells United Methodist Church. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "History" . 100 Black Men of Jackson. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "History" . Garden Club of Jackson. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "Harvey Johnson: First Black Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi" . Ebony . Johnson Publishing Company. 1997. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "Jackson Flies Into Cyberspace With New Website", Clarion Ledger , January 11, 1999
^ "About Us: Mississippi Black Leadership Summit" . Mississippi: One Voice. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "Meet the Mayors" . Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors . Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2013 .
^ "Mississippi". Official Congressional Directory . 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2009. hdl :2027/uc1.c099985288 – via HathiTrust .
^ "Jackson, MS News, Weather and Sports - WAPT Channel 16" .
^ "Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, 66, Has Died; Tillman Acting Mayor" .
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
Dunbar Rowland, ed. (1907), "Jackson", Encyclopedia of Mississippi history , Madison, Wisconsin: S. A. Brant, hdl :2027/nyp.33433081846085
Dudley Weldon Woodard (1909), Negro progress in a Mississippi town: being a study of conditions in Jackson, Mississippi , Cheyney, Pa.: Committee of Twelve for the Advancement of the Interests of the Negro Race, OL 13501287M
"Jackson (Mississippi)" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 111– 112.
"Jackson Miss." . Automobile Blue Book . New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1919. + Map
Federal Writers' Project (1949), "Jackson" , Mississippi; a guide to the Magnolia State , New York: Viking, OCLC 478887 {{citation }}
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George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Jackson, Mississippi" , World Encyclopedia of Cities , vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, OL 1431653M – via Internet Archive (fulltext)
Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Jackson, MS", Encyclopedia of American Cities , New York: E.P. Dutton , OL 4120668M
Olurominiyi O. Ibitayo (1999). "The Quality of Low-Income Neighborhoods in Jackson, Mississippi: The Residents' Viewpoints". Humboldt Journal of Social Relations . 25 (2): 97– 125. JSTOR 23263371 .
Published in the 21st century
David Barton Smith (2005). "The Politics of Racial Disparities: Desegregating the Hospitals in Jackson, Mississippi". Milbank Quarterly . 83 .
Joan Marshall Wesley; et al. (2005). "Urban Segregation in the Deep South: Race, Education, and Planning Ethics in Jackson, Mississippi". Race, Gender & Class . 12 .
"36 Hours in Jackson, Miss" . New York Times . May 30, 2013.
External links
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