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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 20750 The Jackson State killings occurred on Friday, May 15, 1970, at Jackson State College (now Jackson State University) in Jackson, Mississippi. On May...
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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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  • 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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    The Mississippi Mass Choir is an American gospel choir based in Jackson, Mississippi. After wrestling with the idea of forming a mass choir, Frank Williams...
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  • Cooperation Jackson is a network of worker cooperatives in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It aims to develop a series of independent but connected...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Retrieved April 18, 2020. National Weather Service Office in Jackson, Mississippi (2005). Mississippi Event Report: F3 Tornado. National Climatic Data Center...
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    County portion of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It was reported that JPD had 335 sworn offices in 2019, and 225 in 2023. The Jackson Police Department...
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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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    Battle of Fairfax Courthouse in Virginia. On April 26, 1865, in Jackson, Mississippi, Sue Landon Vaughan decorated the graves of Confederate and Union...
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  • that produced this tornado formed around 1:00 p.m. CDT south of Jackson, Mississippi. Traveling briskly to the northeast, it became severe within 25 minutes...
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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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    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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    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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  • Louisiana Jackson, Maine Jackson, Michigan Jackson, Minnesota Jackson, Mississippi, the state capital and most populous city of Mississippi Jackson, Missouri...
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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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    Simpson County, Mississippi, United States. The village's population was 181 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical...
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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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    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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    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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    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. He was...
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