Timeline of Jackson, Mississippi
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
19th century
- 1821
- 1822
- 1838 - State Library established.[4]
- 1839 - State House built.[3]
- 1840
- 1842
- James H. Boyd becomes mayor.
- Governor's mansion built.[6]
- 1845 - College opens in Eagle Hotel.[7]
- 1846
- City Hall built.[1]
- St. Peter's church dedicated.
- 1847 - Mississippi Institute for the Blind founded.[6]
- 1858 - New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad in operation.[8]
- 1861
- 1863
- May 14: Battle of Jackson, Mississippi; Union Army takes city.
- July 5–25: Siege of Jackson.
- 1864 - July 2–10: Occupation of Jackson by Union Army.[5]
- 1866 - Daily Clarion newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1867
- City charter revised.[11]
- Beth Israel Synagogue built.
- 1868
- Black and Tan Convention held.[3]
- Colored Citizen’s Monthly begins publication.[12]
- 1869
- Mississippi State Fair begins.[13]
- Tougaloo College established near Jackson.
- 1870
- 1882 - Natchez-Jackson railway begins operating.[6]
- 1883 - Jackson College for Negroes in operation.[3]
- 1885 - Yazoo City-Jackson railway begins operating.[6]
- 1890
- Constitutional Convention held.[3]
- Population: 5,920.[3]
- 1891 - Confederate monument unveiled.[6]
- 1892
- Millsaps College opens.[3]
- Jackson Evening News begins publication.[10]
- 1894 - Belhaven College for Young Ladies chartered.[3]
- 1898 - Campbell College relocated to Jackson from Vicksburg.[6]
20th century
- 1900
- Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle dedicated.
- Population: 7,816.[3]
- 1901 - Century Theatre opens.[14]
- 1902
- 1903 - Mississippi State Capitol building constructed.[3]
- 1906 - Young Men's Christian Association incorporated.[17]
- 1910 - Population: 21,262.[3]
- 1911 - Mississippi Art Association formed.[15]
- 1914 - Country Club of Jackson organized.[18]
- 1919 - Jackson Zoo opens.
- 1920 - The Clarion-Ledger newspaper in publication.
- 1920s - NAACP Jackson branch established.[19]
- 1923 - Edwards Hotel built.[9]
- 1925 - Woodrow Wilson Bridge built.
- 1926
- 1927 - Municipal Clubhouse Art Gallery opens (approximate date).[6]
- 1929 - WJDX (AM) begins broadcasting.
- 1930 - Hinds County Courthouse built.[6]
- 1939
- Jackson Advocate newspaper begins publication.[10]
- Pix Theatre built.
- 1943 - Alamo Theater built.[22]
- 1944 - Summers Hotel in business.[9]
- 1945 - Jackson Photographic Society founded.[23]
- 1947
- 1949 - Allen C. Thompson becomes mayor.
- 1950 - Trumpet Records in business.[9][24]
- 1955
- University of Mississippi Medical Center opens.[25]
- Ace Records in business.[9]
- 1961 - Freedom Rides begin.
- 1962
- Jackson Veterans Administration Hospital opens.[25]
- Council of Federated Organizations headquartered in city.[26]
- Mississippi Coliseum built.
- 1963
- May 28: Woolworth sit-in.[27]
- June 12: Medgar Evers assassinated.
- 1966
- June 26: March Against Fear arrives from Memphis.
- Subway Lounge opens.[9]
- 1967 - Malaco recording studio in business.
- 1970
- May 14: Jackson State killings.
- Public schools desegregated.[28]
- Hinds Community College campus opens.[29]
- 1970s - Queen of Hearts music club opens.[9]
- 1975
- Jackson Mets baseball team relocates to Jackson.
- Smith–Wills Stadium opens.
- Lemuria Books in business.[30]
- 1976 - Jackson Camellia Society founded.[31]
- 1977 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson established.
- 1978 - Southern Coalition for Educational Equity headquartered in city.[26]
- 1979 - April: Flood.
- 1983 - Dons nightclub in business.
- 1984 - Methodist WellsFest begins.[32]
- 1985 - City adopts mayor-council form of government.[1]
- 1989 - J. Kane Ditto becomes mayor.
- 1990 - 100 Black Men of Jackson (nonprofit organization) founded.[33]
- 1991 - Garden Club of Jackson organized.[34]
- 1997 - Harvey Johnson, Jr. becomes mayor.[35]
- 1999 - City website online.[36]
21st century
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- 2000
- Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life founded.
- Population: 184,256.
- 2002
- Jackson Free Press begins publication.
- Jackson Senators baseball team formed.
- 2005 - Frank Melton becomes mayor.
- 2006 - Eudora Welty House museum opens.
- 2008 - Mississippi Black Leadership Summit begins.[37]
- 2009 - Leslie B. McLemore becomes mayor, succeeded by Harvey Johnson, Jr.[38]
- 2010
- 2012
- 2012 Population Est.: 175,437
- 2013 - Chokwe Lumumba becomes mayor.[40]
- 2014
- Charles Tillman becomes interim mayor.[41]
- Tony Yarber elected mayor April 22.
See also
- Jackson history
- List of mayors of Jackson, Mississippi
- List of Landmarks in Hinds County
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hinds County, Mississippi
- Template:Req[42]
References
- ^ a b c "History of Jackson". City of Jackson, MS. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ Rowland 1907.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Britannica 1910.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Federal Writers' Project 1949. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFFederal_Writers'_Project1949 (help)
- ^ Edward Mayes (1899), History of education in Mississippi, Washington, DC: Gov't Printing Office
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ Charter 1867.
- ^ 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
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "CinemaTreasures.org". Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ a b American Art Annual. NY: American Federation of Arts. 1916.
- ^ "Mississippi", Rand-McNally Official Railway Guide and Hand Book, Chicago: American Railway Guide Co., 1902
- ^ "Our History". Metropolitan YMCA's of Mississippi. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "History". Country Club of Jackson. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ a b John Dittmer (1994), Local people: the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252021029
- ^ "Mississippi Library Commission". Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "Wells Church". Jackson. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. 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 Smith 2005.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wesley 2005.
- ^ 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. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "History". 100 Black Men of Jackson. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "History". Garden Club of Jackson. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "Harvey Johnson: First Black Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi". Ebony. 1997. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "Jackson Flies Into Cyberspace With New Website", Clarion Ledger, January 11, 1999 – via Jackson Hinds Library
- ^ "About Us: Mississippi Black Leadership Summit". Mississippi: One Voice. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ New York Times 2013.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1949), "Chronology", Mississippi; a Guide to the Magnolia State, New York: Viking, OCLC 478887
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Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- "Jackson, Mississippi". De Bow's Review. USA. 1859.
- Charter of the City of Jackson. 1867.
- "Jackson, Mississippi". Southern Homeseeker's Guide: And Winter Resorts on the Southern Division of the Illinois Central Railroad. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1889.
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- Published in the 20th century
- Dunbar Rowland, ed. (1907), "Jackson", Encyclopedia of Mississippi history, Madison, Wisconsin: S. A. Brant
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - 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
- "Jackson", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Jackson Miss.". Automobile Blue Book. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1919.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) + Map - Federal Writers' Project (1949), "Jackson", Mississippi; a guide to the Magnolia State, New York: Viking, OCLC 478887
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - 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. 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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- Items related to Jackson, Mississippi, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
- Materials related to Jackson, Mississippi, various dates (via Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
- "Jackson Clubs, Organizations and Support Groups". Jackson-Hinds Library System. 2005.
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