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Timeline of Jackson, Mississippi

December 31, 2022

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c . City of Jackson, MS. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  2. ^ Rowland 1907.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Britannica 1910.
  4. ^ a b Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Mississippi History Timeline". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Federal Writers' Project 1949.
  7. ^ Edward Mayes (1899), History of education in Mississippi, Washington, DC: Gov't Printing Office, OL 25525974M
  8. ^ Andrew Morrison (1888). New Orleans and the New South. USA: Metropolitan Publishing Company.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "List of Blues Trail Markers". Mississippi Blues Trail. Mississippi Blues Commission. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  11. ^ Charter 1867.
  12. ^ a b Julius Eric Thompson (1993), The Black press in Mississippi, 1865-1985, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813011744
  13. ^ Southern Farm and Home, vol. 1, Macon, Georgia, October 1870, pp. 4 v, hdl:2027/njp.32101064477407
  14. ^ "CinemaTreasures.org". Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  15. ^ a b American Art Annual. NY: American Federation of Arts. 1916. hdl:2027/uc1.b3063397.
  16. ^ "Mississippi", Rand-McNally Official Railway Guide and Hand Book, Chicago: American Railway Guide Co., 1902, hdl:2027/uva.x000764532
  17. ^ . Metropolitan YMCA's of Mississippi. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  18. ^ "History". Country Club of Jackson. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ a b John Dittmer (1994), Local people: the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252021029
  21. ^ . Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  22. ^ . Jackson. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  23. ^ a b Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Mississippi", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
  24. ^ . Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  25. ^ "Jackson Photographic Society". Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  26. ^ Marc Ryan (2004), Trumpet Records: Diamonds on Farish Street, University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 9781578066063
  27. ^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Mississippi", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
  28. ^ a b Smith 2005.
  29. ^ 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
  30. ^ a b Nina Mjagkij, ed. (2001), Organizing Black America: an Encyclopedia of African American Associations, Garland, ISBN 9780815323099
  31. ^ "Miss. honors 50th anniversary of its Woolworth's sit-in". USA Today. June 12, 2013.
  32. ^ Wesley 2005.
  33. ^ Hinds Community College catalog. 1998.
  34. ^ "About Us". Jackson MS: Lemuria Books. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  35. ^ "Jackson Camellia Society". GuideStar. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  36. ^ . Jackson: Wells United Methodist Church. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  37. ^ . 100 Black Men of Jackson. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  38. ^ . Garden Club of Jackson. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  39. ^ "Harvey Johnson: First Black Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 1997. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  40. ^ "Jackson Flies Into Cyberspace With New Website", Clarion Ledger, January 11, 1999
  41. ^ "About Us: Mississippi Black Leadership Summit". Mississippi: One Voice. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  42. ^ . Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  43. ^ "Mississippi". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2009. hdl:2027/uc1.c099985288 – via HathiTrust.
  44. ^ New York Times 2013.
  45. ^ "Jackson, MS News, Weather and Sports - WAPT Channel 16".
  46. ^ "Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, 66, Has Died; Tillman Acting Mayor".

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century
  • "Jackson, Mississippi". De Bow's Review. USA. 1859.
  • Jackson (Miss (1867). Charter of the City of Jackson.
  • "Jackson (Mississippi)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (9th ed.). 1881.
  • "Jackson, Mississippi". Southern Homeseeker's Guide: And Winter Resorts on the Southern Division of the Illinois Central Railroad. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1889.
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}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • 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

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jackson, Mississippi.
  • 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-Hinds Library System. 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-08-24.

Coordinates: 32°17′56″N 90°11′06″W / 32.299°N 90.185°W / 32.299; -90.185

December 31, 2022
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jackson Mississippi USA This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 19th century 2 20th century 3 21st century 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links19th century Edit1821 Mississippi capital relocated to Jackson from Natchez 1 Graveyard established 1822 January State legislature in session 2 Town laid out 3 1838 State Library established 4 1839 State House built 3 1840 Vicksburg Jackson railway begins operating 5 Jackson chartered as a city 3 Penitentiary built 6 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 January 7 Secession Convention begins 5 City becomes Confederate capital of Mississippi 6 Confederate House hotel built 9 1863 May 14 Battle of Jackson Mississippi Union Army takes city July 5 25 Siege of Jackson 3 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 People s Journal begins publication 12 Mississippi Penitentiary Library established 4 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 Edit1900 Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle dedicated Population 7 816 3 1901 Century Theatre opens 14 1902 Mississippi Department of Archives and History and State Museum headquartered in city 6 Art Study Club founded 15 Population 7 816 16 1903 Mississippi State Capitol building constructed 3 1906 YMCA organised locally 17 1910 Population 21 262 3 1911 Mississippi Art Association formed 15 1914 Country Club of Jackson organized 18 1919 Jackson Zoo opens 19 1920 The Clarion Ledger newspaper in publication 1920s NAACP Jackson branch established 20 1923 Edwards Hotel built 9 1925 Woodrow Wilson Bridge built 1926 Mississippi Library Commission headquartered in Jackson 21 Glendale Methodist Church established 22 1927 Municipal Clubhouse Art Gallery opens approximate date 6 1929 WJDX radio begins broadcasting 23 1930 Hinds County Courthouse built 6 Population 48 282 1938 WSLI radio begins broadcasting 23 1939 Jackson Advocate newspaper begins publication 10 Pix Theatre built 1940 Population 62 107 1943 Alamo Theater built 24 1944 Summers Hotel in business 9 1945 Jackson Photographic Society founded 25 1947 Radio Service Company in business approximate date 9 Mississippi Progressive Voters League headquartered in city approximate date 20 1949 Allen C Thompson becomes mayor 1950 Trumpet Records in business 9 26 Population 98 271 1953 WLBT TV television begins broadcasting 27 1954 WJTV television begins broadcasting 27 1955 University of Mississippi Medical Center opens 28 Ace Records in business 9 1960 Population 144 422 29 1961 Freedom Rides begin 1962 Jackson Veterans Administration Hospital opens 28 Council of Federated Organizations headquartered in city 30 Mississippi Coliseum built 1963 May 28 Woolworth sit in 31 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 32 Hinds Community College campus opens 33 Population 153 968 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 34 1976 Jackson Camellia Society founded 35 1977 Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson established 1978 Southern Coalition for Educational Equity headquartered in city 30 1979 April Flood 1980 Population 202 895 29 1983 Dons nightclub in business 1984 Methodist WellsFest begins 36 1985 City adopts mayor council form of government 1 1989 J Kane Ditto becomes mayor 1990 100 Black Men of Jackson nonprofit organization founded 37 Population 196 637 29 1991 Garden Club of Jackson organized 38 1997 Harvey Johnson Jr becomes mayor 39 1999 City website online 40 21st century EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2013 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 2005 Mississippi Children s Museum opens December 4 2005 2006 Eudora Welty House museum opens 2008 Mississippi Black Leadership Summit begins 41 2009 Leslie B McLemore becomes mayor succeeded by Harvey Johnson Jr 42 Gregg Harper becomes U S representative for Mississippi s 3rd congressional district 43 2010 The Help movie filmed in Jackson 44 Population 173 514 2012 2012 Population Est 175 437 2013 Chokwe Lumumba becomes mayor 45 2014 Charles Tillman becomes interim mayor 46 Tony Yarber elected mayor April 22 2020 State Flag is replacedSee also EditJackson history List of mayors of Jackson Mississippi List of Landmarks in Hinds County National Register of Historic Places listings in Hinds County MississippiReferences Edit 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 c d e f g h i j k l m 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 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 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 pp 4 v hdl 2027 njp 32101064477407 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 Smith 2005 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 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 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 New York Times 2013 Jackson MS News Weather and Sports WAPT Channel 16 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba 66 Has Died Tillman Acting Mayor Bibliography EditPublished in the 19th century Jackson Mississippi De Bow s Review USA 1859 Jackson Miss 1867 Charter of the City of Jackson Jackson Mississippi Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 13 9th ed 1881 Jackson Mississippi Southern Homeseeker s Guide And Winter Resorts on the Southern Division of the Illinois Central Railroad Cedar Rapids Iowa 1889 Published in the 20th centuryDunbar 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 Encyclopaedia 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 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint ref duplicates default link 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 centuryDavid 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 amp Class 12 36 Hours in Jackson Miss New York Times May 30 2013 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jackson Mississippi 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 amp Photos Division Jackson Clubs Organizations and Support Groups Jackson Hinds Library System 2005 Archived from the original on 2013 08 24 Coordinates 32 17 56 N 90 11 06 W 32 299 N 90 185 W 32 299 90 185 This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items June 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Timeline of Jackson Mississippi amp oldid 1119375548, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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