Rabbi is the term in Judaism for a religious teacher. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ‘great’ in many senses, including "revered." The word comes from the Semitic root R-B-B, and is cognate to Arabic ربّ rabb, meaning "lord" Rabbi ' onMouseout='HidePop("21176")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Lung">lung
The lung or pulmonary system is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart...
transplantOrgan transplant is the moving of an organ from one body to another , for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor site. Organ donors can be living or deceased...
was performed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson in June 1963 by Dr. James Hardy. Hardy transplanted the cadaveric lung into a patient suffering from
lung cancerLung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. This growth may lead to metastasis, which is the invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs. The vast majority of primary lung cancers are carcinomas of the lung, derived from epithelial cells...
. The patient survived for eighteen days before dying of kidney failure.
Since 1968, Jackson has been the home of
Malaco RecordsMalaco Records is an independent record label based out of Jackson, Mississippi. Malaco is and has been the home of several blues and gospel acts such as Johnnie Taylor, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, and the Mississippi Mass Choir...
, one of the leading record companies for
gospelGospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
and
soul musicSoul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
in the United States. In January 1973,
Paul SimonPaul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter. He entered the public consciousness in 1965 as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, along with longtime artistic partner Art Garfunkel. Simon solely wrote most of duo's songs, including such memorable songs as "The Sound of Silence", "The Boxer",...
recorded the
songA song is a metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad....
"Learn How To Fall", found on the album
There Goes Rhymin' SimonThere Goes Rhymin' Simon is a studio album by American musician Paul Simon, released on May 5, 1973. It was his most rushed-released studio album, sixteen months after his debut solo album. It contains songs covering several styles and genres, such as gospel and dixieland...
, in Jackson at the Malaco Recording Studios.
On May 15, 1970 police killed two students and wounded 12 at
Jackson State UniversityJackson State University is a historically black university located in Jackson, Mississippi founded in 1877...
(then called Jackson State College) after a protest of the
Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War or the Second Indochina War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975...
included overturning and burning some cars. These killings occurred ten days after the National Guard killed four students in an anti-war protest at
Kent State UniversityKent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, USA. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
in
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
, and were part of national social unrest.
NewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
cited the Jackson State killings in its issue of 18 May when it suggested that U.S. President
Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
faced a new
home frontHome front is the informal term commonly used to describe the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of its military. In a domestic war-time discourse, a home front implies the imperative of effective militarisation of a society, and a necessity for social servitude to...
.
In 1997,
Harvey Johnson, Jr.Harvey Johnson, Jr. , is the first African American mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.-Biography:Harvey V. Johnson, Jr. was born c. 1947 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Johnson attended the Vicksburg Public Schools, graduating from Rosa A. Temple High School...
became the city's first African-American
mayor"Mayor" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government....
. During his term, he proposed the creation of a
convention centerA convention center, in American English, is an exhibition hall, or conference center, that is designed to hold a convention. In British English very large venues suitable for major trade shows are known as exhibition centres while the term "convention centre" is sometimes used for intermediate...
, in hopes of attracting business to the city. In 2004, during his second term, 66 percent of the voters passed a referendum for a tax to build the Convention Center. As a result of this vote, many new development projects are underway in Downtown Jackson.
Mayor Johnson was replaced by
Frank MeltonFrank Ervin Melton was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, having been inaugurated on 4 July 2005 until his death on May 7, 2009. Melton, an African American, defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary...
on July 4, 2005. Melton has subsequently generated controversy through his unconventional behavior, which has included acting as a law enforcement officer. A dramatic spike in crime has also ensued, despite Melton's efforts to reduce crime. The lack of jobs has contributed to crime.
2007 saw a historic first for Mississippi as
Hinds CountyHinds County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 250,800. Its county seats are Jackson and Raymond. Hinds County is named for U.S. Congressman Thomas Hinds.-Geography:According...
sheriff Malcolm McMillin was appointed as the new police chief in Jackson. McMillin was both the county sheriff and city police chief until 2009 when he stepped down to the disagreements with the current mayor. Mayor Frank Melton died in May 2009 and City Councilman Leslie McLemore served as acting mayor of Jackson until July 2009 when former Mayor Harvey Johnson assumed the Mayor position.
Geography, geology, and climate
Jackson is located on the
Pearl RiverThe Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Winston County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanawaya and Tallahaga Creeks. It is 790 kilometers long. The Yockanookany and Strong Rivers are tributaries...
, and is served by the
Ross Barnett ReservoirThe Ross R. Barnett Reservoir is a reservoir on the Pearl River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Named for Ross R. Barnett, the 52nd Governor of Mississippi, it was created by impounding the Pearl between Madison and Rankin Counties...
, which forms a section of the Pearl River and is located northeast of Jackson on the border between
MadisonMadison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population was 74,674. The county seat is Canton. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Madison County is named for U.S. President James Madison.-Geography:According to the U.S...
and
RankinRankin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is named in honor of Christopher Rankin, a Mississippi congressman who served from 1819 to 1826. As of 2000, the population was 115,327. The county seat is Brandon. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi, Metropolitan...
counties. A tiny portion of the city containing
Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts institution of higher education founded in 1869, in Madison County, on the northern edge of Jackson, Mississippi, USA....
lies in Madison County, bounded on the west by
I-220Interstate 220 in Mississippi is a loop around Jackson that provides an interstate connection for Interstate 55 and Interstate 20. The northern terminus for the route is in the northern suburb of Ridgeland, at Interstate 55 exit 104...
and on the east by
US 51U.S. Route 51 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles from northern Wisconsin to the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the highway in Wisconsin and Illinois runs parallel to or overlaps Interstate 39. The highway's northern terminus is Hurley, Wisconsin,...
and
I-55Interstate 55 is an Interstate Highway in the central United States. Its odd number indicates that it is a north-south Interstate Highway. I - 55 goes from Laplace, Louisiana at Interstate 10 to Chicago at U.S. Route 41 , at McCormick Place.The section of I-55 between Chicago and St...
. A second portion of the city is located in Rankin County. In the 2000 census, 183,723 of the city's 184,256 residents (99.7%) lived in Hinds County and 533 (0.3%) in Madison County. Although no Jackson residents lived in the Rankin County portion in 2000, that figure had risen to 72 by 2006.
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the city has a total area of 106.8 square miles (276.7 km²), of which, 104.9 square miles (271.7 km²) of it is land and 1.9 square miles (5.0 km²) of it is water. The total area is 1.80 percent water.
Jackson sits atop the
Jackson VolcanoJackson Volcano is an extinct volcano located 2900 feet beneath the city of Jackson, Mississippi, under the Mississippi Coliseum. It is the only volcano located directly below a major population center or capital city in the United States. The volcano was discovered in 1819. Jackson Volcano is...
and is the only capital city or major population center in the United States to have this feature. The peak of the volcano is located 2900 feet directly below the
Mississippi ColiseumThe Mississippi Coliseum is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Jackson, Mississippi, located on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex. It was home to the Jackson Bandits minor league ice hockey team from 1999-2003....
.
Jackson possesses a
humid subtropical climateHumid subtropical climate is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and cool winters. This climate type covers a broad category of climates, and the term "subtropical" may be a misnomer for the winter climate....
, with hot, humid summers and mild winters. Rain is evenly spread throughout the year, and snow can fall in wintertime, although heavy snowfall is relatively rare. Much of Jackson's rainfall occurs during thunderstorms. Thunder is heard on roughly 70 days per annum. Jackson lies in a region prone to severe thunderstorms which can produce large
hailHail is a form of solid precipitation which consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, that are individually called hail stones. Hail stones on Earth consist mostly of water ice and measure between 5 and 150 millimeters in diameter, with the larger stones coming from severe and dangerous...
, damaging winds and tornadoes. Among one of the most notable tornado events was the F5
Candlestick Park TornadoThe Candlestick Park tornado struck central Mississippi and western Alabama on March 3, 1966. The storm is named for the Candlestick Park Shopping Center in the southwest part of Jackson, Mississippi, which was completely destroyed...
on March 3, 1966 which destroyed the shopping center of the same name and surrounding businesses and residential areas killing 19 in South Jackson.
| Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures |
| Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| Rec High °F (°C) |
83 (28.3) |
85 (29.4) |
89 (31.6) |
94 (34.4) |
99 (37.2) |
105 (40.5) |
106 (41.1) |
107 (41.6) |
104 (40) |
95 (35) |
88 (31.1) |
84 (28.8) |
| Norm High °F (°C) |
55.1 (12.8) |
60.3 (15.7) |
68.1 (20.05) |
75 (23.8) |
82.1 (27.8) |
88.9 (31.6) |
91.4 (33) |
91.4 (33) |
86.4 (30.2) |
76.8 (24.8) |
66.3 (19.05) |
57.9 (14.4) |
| Norm Low °F (°C) |
35 (1.6) |
38.2 (3.4) |
45.4 (7.4) |
51.7 (10.9) |
61 (16.1) |
68.1 (20.05) |
71.4 (21.8) |
70.3 (21.3) |
64.6 (18.1) |
52 (11.1) |
43.4 (6.3) |
37.3 (2.9) |
| Rec Low °F (°C) |
2 (-16.6) |
10 (-12.2) |
15 (-9.4) |
27 (-2.7) |
38 (3.3) |
47 (8.3) |
51 (10.5) |
54 (12.2) |
35 (1.6) |
26 (-3.3) |
17 (-8.3) |
4 (-15.5) |
| Precip in. (mm) |
5.67 (144) |
4.5 (114.3) |
5.74 (145.8) |
5.98 (151.9) |
4.86 (123.4) |
3.82 (97) |
4.69 (119.1) |
3.66 (93) |
3.23 (82) |
3.42 (86.9) |
5.04 (128) |
5.34 (135.6) |
| Source: Weather.com |
Demographics
Jackson remained a small town for much of the 19th century. Before the American Civil War, Jackson's population remained small, particularly in contrast to those towns located along the commerce-laden Mississippi River. Despite the city's status as the state capital, the 1850
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
counted only 1,881 residents, and by 1900 the population of Jackson had grown only to approximately 8,000. It was during this period, roughly between 1890 and 1930, that
MeridianMeridian is a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. The city is the county seat of Lauderdale County, the sixth largest city in Mississippi, and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city's 38,232 inhabitants, as reported in the 2008...
became Mississippi's largest city. By 1944, Jackson's population had risen to some 70,000 inhabitants. Since that time, it has continuously been the largest city in the state. Large-scale growth, however, did not come until the 1970s, after the turbulence of the
Civil Rights MovementThe Civil Rights Movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. It was accompanied by much civil unrest and popular rebellion. The process was long and tenuous in many countries, and most of these movements did not achieve or...
. The 1980 census counted over 200,000 residents in the city for the first time. Since then, Jackson has steadily seen a decline in its population, while its suburbs have evidenced a boom.
As of the
censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
of 2000, there were 184,256 people, 67,841 households, and 44,488 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 1,756.4 people per square mile (678.2/km²). There were 75,678 housing units at average density of 278.5/km² (721.4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the city was 70.6% Black or
African AmericanRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 27.8% White, 0.1% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.2% from
other racesRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 0.7% from two or more races. 0.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 67,841 households out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.4% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 25.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.24. Same-sex couple households comprised 0.8 % of all househoulds.
The age of the population was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $30,414, and the median income for a family was $36,003. Males had a median income of $29,166 versus $23,328 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the city was $17,116. About 19.6% of families and 23.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.7% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those age 65 or over.
Jackson ranks number 10 in the nation in concentration of African-American same-sex couples.
In 2006, the Center for Immigrant Studies found Mississippi had the highest rate of growth in immigrant population of all states. The Jackson metro area is one of the South's emerging destinations for immigrants.
Crime
The 14th annual (2007) "City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America" ranks Jackson as the 23rd most dangerous city in America.
According to
Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency. The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
Uniform Crime ReportsThe Uniform Crime Reports contain official data on crime that is reported to law enforcement agencies across the United States who then provide the data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
, from 2005 to 2008, violent crime jumped 238 percent in Jackson - from 1,225 reported incidents in 2005 to 4,140 in 2008. Also, while the city's population decreased 3 percent from 180,400 in 2005 to about 175,000 in 2008, property crime increased more than 8 percent, from 12,008 reported incidents in 2005 to 13,042 in 2008.
According to an FBI report released in June 2009, Jackson's murder rate ranked 4th in the nation, behind New Orleans,
LouisianaThe State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
,
St. LouisSt. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. With an estimated population of 354,361 in 2008, it is the principal municipality of Greater St. Louis, population 2,866,517, the largest urban area in Missouri and sixteenth largest in the United States...
,
MissouriMissouri is a state in the Midwest region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Missouri is the 18th most populous state with a 2008 estimated population of 5,911,605. It comprises 114 counties and one independent city....
and Baltimore,
MarylandMaryland is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east. It is comparable in size to the European country of Belgium. According to the U.S...
, with a rate of 36 per 100,000 residents for the 2008 year. For burglary, it was second behind
Flint, MichiganFlint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles northwest of Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the Flint/Tri-Cities...
with a rate of 248 per 100,000 residents. While violent crime was up 9.3 percent and property crimes had gone up 4.6 percent in the year of the FBI report, nationwide violent crime fell 2.5 percent and property crime fell by 1.6 percent.
Air travel
Jackson is served by
Jackson-Evers International AirportJackson-Evers International Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles east of the central business district of Jackson, Mississippi, , across the Pearl River in Rankin County....
, located at Allen C. Thompson Field, east of the city in
FlowoodFlowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,750 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Flowood is located at ....
in Rankin County. Its IATA code is JAN. The airport has non-stop service to 12 cities throughout the United States and is served by 6 scheduled carriers (American, Delta, Continental, Southwest, Northwest, and US Airways)
On 22 December 2004, Jackson City Council members voted 6-0 to rename Jackson International Airport in honor of slain
civil rightsThe Civil Rights Movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. It was accompanied by much civil unrest and popular rebellion. The process was long and tenuous in many countries, and most of these movements did not achieve or...
leader and field secretary for the Mississippi chapter of the NAACP,
Medgar EversMedgar Wiley Evers was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith.- Early life :...
. This decision took effect on 22 January 2005.
Formerly Jackson was served by Hawkins Field Airport, located in northwest Jackson, with IATA code HKS, which is now used for private air traffic only.
Underway is the
Airport ParkwayThe Airport Parkway is a major highway development project in the Jackson, Mississippi, metropolitan area planned to connect Interstate 55 on the west, High Street in downtown Jackson, Mississippi Highway 25 , and Mississippi Highway 475 in Flowood at Jackson-Evers International Airport in the...
project. The environmental impact study is complete and final plans are drawn and awaiting Mississippi Department of Transportation approval. Right-of-way acquisition is underway at an estimated cost of $19 million. The Airport Parkway will connect High Street in downtown Jackson to
Mississippi Highway 475Mississippi Highway 475 runs north-south from Mississippi Highway 25 in Flowood, Mississippi to Mississippi Highway 468 in Pearl, Mississippi. In Pearl, it dead ends in the area known as Whitfield- Locales on route :From north to south...
in
FlowoodFlowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,750 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Flowood is located at ....
at Jackson-Evers International Airport. The Airport Parkway Commission consists of the Mayor of Pearl, the Mayor of Flowood, and the Mayor of Jackson, as the Airport Parkway will run through and have access from each of these three cities.
Interstate highways
Interstate 20Interstate 20 is a major east-west Interstate Highway in the southeastern United States. I-20 runs 1,535 miles from near Kent, Texas, at Interstate 10 to Florence, South Carolina, at Interstate 95...
Runs east-west from near
El Paso, TexasEl Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and part of the American Southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau's 2006 population estimates, the city had a population of 606,913. It is the sixth-largest city in Texas and the 22nd-largest city in...
to
Florence, South CarolinaFlorence is the largest city in and the county seat of Florence County, South Carolina, United States. This 1997 All-America City finalist, with its historic homes and medical center towers, came together to form a cultural center for the northeastern portion of South Carolina. The city population...
. Jackson is roughly halfway between
Dallas, TexasDallas , with a population of 1,279,910, is the third-largest city in Texas and the 8th-largest in the United States. The city is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area that according to the March 2009 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of...
and
Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States....
. The highway is six lanes from Interstate 220 to MS 468 in Pearl.
Interstate 55Interstate 55 is an Interstate Highway in the central United States. Its odd number indicates that it is a north-south Interstate Highway. I - 55 goes from Laplace, Louisiana at Interstate 10 to Chicago at U.S. Route 41 , at McCormick Place.The section of I-55 between Chicago and St...
Runs north-south from
ChicagoChicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...
through Jackson towards
BrookhavenBrookhaven is a small city in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 9,861 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lincoln County...
,
McCombMcComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, United States, about 80 miles south of Jackson, just off the I-55. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 13,337, an increase of about a thousand people since the 1980 census of 12,331...
, and the
LouisianaThe State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
state line to New Orleans. Jackson is roughly halfway between New Orleans and
Memphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4
th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River....
. The highway maintains eight to ten lanes in northern part of city, six lanes in the center and four lanes south of I-20.
Interstate 220Interstate 220 in Mississippi is a loop around Jackson that provides an interstate connection for Interstate 55 and Interstate 20. The northern terminus for the route is in the northern suburb of Ridgeland, at Interstate 55 exit 104...
Connects Interstates 55 and 20 on the north and west sides of the city and is four lanes throughout its route.
U.S. highways
U.S. Highway 49 Runs north-south from the
ArkansasArkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquin name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the...
state line at
LulaLula is a town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 370 at the 2000 census.Lula was the birthplace of Dr. Ransom Myers , a renowned Canadian-based marine biologist/conservationist who published a seminal study on overfishing revealing the dramatic loss of nearly 90% of...
via
ClarksdaleClarksdale is a city in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 20,645 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Coahoma County....
and
Yazoo CityYazoo City is a city in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle. "Yazoo" is said to be of Native American origin, meaning "River of Death"...
, towards
HattiesburgHattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census.Founded in 1882 by pioneer lumberman and civil engineer William H. Hardy, Hattiesburg was named in honor of Hardy's wife Hattie. The town was incorporated two years later with a...
and
GulfportGulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson. It is the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area...
. It bypasses the city via I-20 and
I-220Interstate 220 in Mississippi is a loop around Jackson that provides an interstate connection for Interstate 55 and Interstate 20. The northern terminus for the route is in the northern suburb of Ridgeland, at Interstate 55 exit 104...
U.S. Highway 51Known in Jackson as State Street, roughly parallels Interstate 55 from the I-20/I-55 western split to downtown. It multiplexes with I-55 from Pearl/Pascagoula St northward to County Line Road, where the two highways split.
U.S. Highway 80 Roughly parallels Interstate 20.
State highways
Mississippi Highway 18Runs southwest towards
RaymondRaymond is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,664. Raymond is one of the two county seats of Hinds County and is the home of the main campus of Hinds Community College....
and
Port GibsonPort Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,840 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Claiborne County.- History :...
; southeast towards
Bay SpringsBay Springs is a city in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2000 census. It is located at the intersection of state highways 15 and 18. The area was settled in the 1880s by Joe Blankenship, who built the saw mill that became the town's industrial base...
and
QuitmanQuitman is a city in Clarke County, Mississippi, USA, along the Chickasawhay River. The population was 2,463 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clarke County. This is the hometown of Detroit Pistons power forward Antonio McDyess...
.
Mississippi Highway 25Some parts of this road are known as Lakeland Drive, which runs northeast towards
CarthageCarthage is a city in Leake County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,637 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Leake County....
and
StarkvilleStarkville is a city in and the county seat of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 21,869 at the 2000 census.The campus of Mississippi State University is located adjacent to the east of Starkville...
.
Other roads
In addition, Jackson is served by the
Natchez Trace ParkwayThe Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444 mile long parkway, in the form of a limited-access two-lane road, in the southeastern United States. The southern end of the route is in Natchez, Mississippi, at an intersection with Liberty Road; the northern end is northeast of Fairview, Tennessee, in the...
, which runs from
NatchezNatchez is the county seat of, and the largest and only incorporated city within, Adams County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,464. One of Mississippi's oldest cities, it was founded by French colonists in 1716, antedating the current...
to
Nashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state...
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Bus service
JATRAN (Jackson Transit System) operates hourly or half-hourly during daytime hours on weekdays, and mostly hourly on Saturdays. No evening or Sunday service is operated.
Railroads
Jackson is served by the
Canadian National RailwayThe Canadian National Railway is a Canadian Class I railway operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec....
. The
Kansas City Southern RailwayThe Kansas City Southern Railway , owned by Kansas City Southern Industries, is the smallest and second-oldest Class I railroad company still in operation. KCS was founded in 1887 and is currently operating in a region consisting of ten central U.S. states...
also serves the city. The Canadian National has a medium-sized yard downtown which Mill Street parallels and the Kansas City Southern has a large
classification yardA classification yard or marshalling yard is a railroad yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railroad cars on to one of several tracks. First the cars are taken to a track, sometimes called a lead or a drill...
in
RichlandRichland is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 6,027 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Richland is located at ....
.
AmtrakThe National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a blend of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union Station...
, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Jackson. The Amtrak station is located at 300 West Capitol Street. Amtrak's southbound
City of New OrleansThe City of New Orleans is a nightly passenger train operated by Amtrak which travels between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad along the same route . The train currently operates on a 19½ hour...
provides service from Jackson to New Orleans and some points between. The northbound City of New Orleans provides service from Jackson to
MemphisMemphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4
th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River....
,
CarbondaleCarbondale, "The Capital of Southern Illinois ™," is a city in Southern Illinois in the midwest of the United States. It is located on Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest. Carbondale is the home of the...
,
Champaign-UrbanaChampaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago, west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Though surrounded by farm communities, Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of...
,
ChicagoUnion Station is a Chicago train station that opened in 1925, replacing an earlier 1881 station, and is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago. Union Station was built on the west side of the Chicago River and stands between Adams Street and Jackson Street...
and some points between. Efforts to establish service with another Amtrak train, the Crescent Star, an extension of the
CrescentThe Crescent is a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. It runs daily from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana as train 19 and returns on the same route as train 20. Most of the route of the...
westward from
Meridian, MississippiMeridian is a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. The city is the county seat of Lauderdale County, the sixth largest city in Mississippi, and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city's 38,232 inhabitants, as reported in the 2008...
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Dallas, TexasDallas , with a population of 1,279,910, is the third-largest city in Texas and the 8th-largest in the United States. The city is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area that according to the March 2009 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of...
, failed in 2003.
Industry
Jackson is home to several major industries. These include electrical equipment and machinery, processed food, and primary and fabricated metal products. The surrounding area supports agricultural development of livestock, soybeans, cotton, and poultry.
Publicly traded companies
The following companies are headquartered in Jackson:
- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALM)
- EastGroup Properties Inc. (NYSE:EGP)
- Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE:PKY)
- Trustmark Corporation (NASDAQ:TRMK)
Religion
- Jackson is the episcopal see
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of JacksonThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Mobile, in the southern United States of America. Its ecclesiastical jurisdiction includes the northern and central parts of the state of Mississippi, an area of 97,458 square kilometers . It is the largest...
- Jackson is home to the original campus of the Reformed Theological Seminary
Reformed Theological Seminary is a non-denominational, evangelical Protestant seminary dedicated to training current and future leaders to be pastors, missionaries, educators, and Christian counselors. It maintains a belief in the inerrancy of the Bible and follows the Reformed tradition,...
- Jackson is the headquarters of the Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
The Church of Christ U.S.A. is a Holiness body of Christians headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi.- History :The Church of Christ U.S.A. shares a common early history with the Church of God in Christ. Charles Price Jones, a Missionary Baptist preacher in Alabama and later Mississippi, accepted...
, founded by Charles Price JonesCharles Price Jones, Sr. . He was a religious leader and hymnist. He was the founder of the Church of God in Christ U.S.A., along with Charles Harrison Mason....
- Jackson is home to Beth Israel Congregation
Beth Israel Congregation is a Reform Judaism congregation located at 5315 Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Organized in 1860 by Jews of German background, it has always been, and remains, the only synagogue in Jackson...
, the only JewishJudaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts...
congregation in Jackson and the largest in Mississippi.
Cultural organizations and institutions
Political structures
In 1985, Jackson voters opted to replace the three-person mayor-commissioner system with a
city councilA city council is the legislative body that governs a city, municipality or local government area.-Australia:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council may vary slightly...
. Jackson's city council members represent the city's seven wards, and the body is headed by the mayor who is elected by the entire city.
Jackson's current mayor is
Harvey Johnson, Jr.Harvey Johnson, Jr. , is the first African American mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.-Biography:Harvey V. Johnson, Jr. was born c. 1947 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Johnson attended the Vicksburg Public Schools, graduating from Rosa A. Temple High School...
.
Education
Jackson is home to the international headquarters of
Phi Theta KappaPhi Theta Kappa, also ΦΘΚ or sometimes PTK , is the international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs, particularly community colleges and junior colleges. It also includes Associate's degree-granting programs offered by four-year colleges...
, an honor society for students enrolled in two-year colleges.
Colleges and universities
- Belhaven College
Belhaven College is a college in Jackson, Mississippi that was founded by the Presbyterian Church in the United States but that is independently run by a Board of Trustees. It is a private college whose tuition currently runs about $7,000 per semester plus about $3,500 for room and board...
(1883)
- Hinds Community College
Hinds Community College is a community college with its main campus located in Raymond, Mississippi, about five miles west of Jackson, the state capital. The Hinds Community College District includes Hinds County, Claiborne County, part of Copiah County, Rankin County, and Warren County...
's campuses in Jackson are the Nursing/Allied Health Center (1970) and the Academic/Technical Center
- Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university located in Jackson, Mississippi founded in 1877...
(1877)
- Millsaps College
Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college located in Jackson, Mississippi. Founded in 1890, the college is recognized as one of the country's best private colleges dedicated to undergraduate teaching and educating the whole individual. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Millsaps...
(1890)
- Mississippi College School of Law
The Mississippi College School of Law is located in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. The law school started out as the Jackson School of Law in 1930, but was acquired by Mississippi College in 1975. The main campus of Mississippi College is located in Clinton, Mississippi.In December 2005, the school...
(1930)
- Reformed Theological Seminary
Reformed Theological Seminary is a non-denominational, evangelical Protestant seminary dedicated to training current and future leaders to be pastors, missionaries, educators, and Christian counselors. It maintains a belief in the inerrancy of the Bible and follows the Reformed tradition,...
(1966)
- Tougaloo College
Tougaloo College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts institution of higher education founded in 1869, in Madison County, on the northern edge of Jackson, Mississippi, USA....
(1869)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of Mississippi Medical Center is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi and is located in Jackson, Mississippi....
(1955), health sciences campus of the University of MississippiThe University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford and three branch campuses located in Booneville, Tupelo, and Southaven...
- Wesley Biblical Seminary
Wesley Biblical Seminary is a multi-denominational, graduate school of theology within the evangelical, Wesleyan-Arminian tradition. The seminary, founded in 1974 and located in Jackson, Mississippi, USA, serves men and women who come from thirty denominations from all across the United States and...
(1974)
Public high schools
- Bailey Magnet High School
Bailey Magnet High School, originally known as Bailey Junior High School, is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi . The current principal of Bailey Magnet High School is Calvin Lockett.The mascot of Bailey Magnet is the Mighty Knights.....
- Callaway High School
Callaway High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi . The current principal of Callaway High School is Clinton Johnson.Built in 1966 on approximately twenty acres in North Jackson, Callaway was named after former educator and community activist Robert Callaway...
- Career Development Center
- Forest Hill High School
Forest Hill High School is located in Jackson, Mississippi. It serves students from grades 9-12, and is part of the Jackson Public School District.-Demographics:...
- Jim Hill High School
Jim Hill High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi , hosting the state's only International Baccalaureate Diploma program, which is a vigorous course dedicated to educating its students in worldly academic excellence. It also hosts AP courses. The high school also hosts...
- Lanier High School
Lanier High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi . The current principal of Lanier High School is Dr. McClung.There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male...
- Murrah High School
Murrah High School is a public high school in Jackson, Mississippi . It is part of the Jackson Public School District.-Demographics:There were a total of about 1,600 students enrolled in Murrah High during the 2008-2009 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 56% female and 44% male...
- Provine High School
Provine High School is a public school in Jackson, Mississippi. It is part of the Jackson Public School District.Provine High School, also called "Ram City", serves students in grades 9–12 in the West Jackson area. Students from subdivisions such as Northwest Hills Terrace, The Queens, Country Club...
- Wingfield High School
Wingfield High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi . It is part of the Jackson Public School District. Over 1,300 children from southern Jackson attend Wingfield High School in grades 9-12, as well as 100 administration and staff...
Private Secondary Schools
- Christ Missionary & Industrial (CM&I) College High School
- Hillcrest Christian School
Hillcrest Christian School is a private school founded in 1971, and stands on South Siwell Road, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Initially, the current campus was known as Council McCluer which was a separate school opened the same year as Hillcrest....
- Jackson Academy
Jackson Academy is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in Jackson, Mississippi. Unlike many other private schools that were founded in protest to the desegregation of the public school system, Jackson Academy was founded in 1959 as a protest to sight reading and as a proponent...
- The Veritas School
The Veritas School is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi . The current Interim Headmaster of Veritas is Tim Meeks.-History:Conceived in 1994 and officially established in 1998, Veritas is a non-denominational private Christian school serving the greater Jackson area...
Private Elementary Schools
- Jackson Academy
Jackson Academy is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in Jackson, Mississippi. Unlike many other private schools that were founded in protest to the desegregation of the public school system, Jackson Academy was founded in 1959 as a protest to sight reading and as a proponent...
- First Presbyterian Day School
- Magnolia Speech School
- St. Andrew's Episcopal Lower School - South Campus
Weekly
- Jackson Advocate
Jackson Advocate is an African-American weekly newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi founded in 1938 by Percy Greene. Mr. Greene was a veteran of World War I and was a Civil Rights leader in the 1940's and 1950's...
- weekly newspaper and nation's oldest newspaper serving the state's African-American community
- Jackson Free Press
The Jackson Free Press, referred to often as simply "JFP", is an alternative weekly newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi founded in 2002 by Mississippi native Donna Ladd, author and technology expert Todd Stauffer and a group of young Jacksonians wanting a progressive voice in the state...
- free newsweekly tabloidA tabloid is an industry term for a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to sensationalize and emphasize or exaggerate or...
featuring heavy content on arts and entertainment
- The Mississippi Link - weekly newspaper serving the state's African-American community
- Mississippi Business Journal
The Mississippi Business Journal is a statewide business newspaper, located in Jackson, Mississippi. It has operated under five ownership alignments since it was founded in 1978, finally evolving into a financially viable publication that is today established as the leading business publication in...
- weekly newspaper, with focus on business and economic development
- The Northside Sun - weekly newspaper, with focus on the northeastern portion of the Jackson Metropolitan area
Historic
- The Mississippian Daily Gazette - also often referred to as The Jackson Mississippian because of its location, circulated during the 19th century, a major newspaper during the Civil War
- The Standard - circulated during the 19th century, after the Civil War The Eastern Clarion moved to Jackson and merged with The Standard, soon changed name to The Clarion
- State Ledger - circulated during the 19th century, in 1888 The Clarion merged with the State Ledger and became known as The Clarion-Ledger
- The Jackson Daily News - originally known as The Jackson Evening Post in 1882, changed the name to The Jackson Daily News in 1907, purchased along with The Clarion-Ledger by Gannett in 1982
Magazines
Publishing
- University Press of Mississippi
The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a publisher that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi:*Alcorn State University*Delta State University*Jackson State University*Mississippi State University...
, the state's only not-for-profit publishing house and collective publisher for Mississippi's eight state universities, producing works on local history, culture and society
Television
- Channel 3, WLBT
WLBT is the NBC affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi. WLBT transmits its signal from an antenna 1,929 feet in height, located near Raymond.-History:...
: NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
- Channel 8, WBXK: dark
Dark is a term used in the radio and television broadcasting industry to describe a service that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the FCC, a "silent" station.-History:...
- Channel 10, WBMS
WBMS-CA is an independent TV station in Jackson, Mississippi, operating on channel 10.WBMS began broadcasting in 1994 as W10BD, affiliated with America's Voice.In 1995, the station's call sign was changed to WMVT-LP....
: independentAn independent station is television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any network...
(simulcast of WXMS)
- Channel 12, WJTV
WJTV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Jackson, Mississippi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter in Raymond. Owned by Media General, the station has studios on TV Road in Jackson. Syndicated programming on WJTV includes: Andy Griffith,...
: CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
- Channel 16, WAPT: ABC
The American Broadcasting Company is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948...
- Channel 23, W23BC
W23BC is a low-power television station in Jackson, Mississippi. It is owned and operated by Jackson State University. The station currently carries programming from CoLours TV, a minority television channel, with additional programming from America One....
: Colours TVColours TV is a multicultural American TV network produced by the non-profit organization Black Star Communications. Programs focus on the cultural and educational issues of the Hispanic, Black, Asian, and Native American communities. Some examples of programming include video games/technology...
, America OneAmerica One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations...
(owned by Jackson State UniversityJackson State University is a historically black university located in Jackson, Mississippi founded in 1877...
)
- Channel 27, WXMS: independent
An independent station is television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any network...
- Channel 29, WMPN
Mississippi Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting network in Mississippi, United States. Owned by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television, it holds the licenses for all of the PBS and NPR stations in the state.-History:...
: PBS/Mississippi Public BroadcastingMississippi Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting network in Mississippi, United States. Owned by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television, it holds the licenses for all of the PBS and NPR stations in the state.-History:...
- Channel 34, WRBJ: The CW
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
- Channel 35, WUFX
WUFX is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Jackson, Mississippi. The station is licensed to Vicksburg and began broadcasting on September 29, 2003, as a Fox affiliate. During that time, it was known as "Fox 35" and had the slogan "Fox for You." In early 2006, it was announced that WUFX would become...
: My Network TV
- Channel 40, WDBD
WDBD is Jackson, Mississippi's Fox affiliate. Its transmitter is located near Raymond, Mississippi.-History:The station began broadcasting on December 27, 1984, as an independent TV station....
: FoxThe Fox Broadcasting Company , commonly referred to as Fox , is an American television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, from 2004 to 2009 Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic...
- Channel 49, WJXF-LP
WJXF-LP is a low-power TV station in Jackson, Mississippi. The station, which operates on channel 49, is owned by Equity Broadcasting.WJXF began carrying LAT TV programming beginning May 30, 2007, as part of a new deal between LAT TV and Equity. It was originally announced that LAT TV would...
: dark
- Channel 53, WJMF-LP
WJMF-LP is a low-power television station in Jackson, Mississippi. The station, which currently operates on Channel 53, is owned by Rainey Radio...
: dark
- Channel 64, WJKO-LP
WJKO is a low-power TBN affiliate station licensed to Jackson, Mississippi, United States. The station is owned by the Word of God Fellowship, owners of TBN's competitor, Daystar....
: TBNThe Trinity Broadcasting Network is the United States' largest Christian television network. Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, it also has studio facilities located in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New York...
FM radio
- 88.5 WJSU: Jazz; National Public Radio
National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law...
- 89.1 WMBU: Moody Bible Radio
Moody Radio is a trademark of Moody Bible Institute, and is one of the largest Christian radio networks in the United States...
- 90.1 WMPR: Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, Urban contemporary gospelUrban contemporary gospel is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
, Talk, Variety
- 91.3 WMPN: Classical Music
Classical music is the mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times...
; National Public RadioNational Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law...
- 92.5 WQST: American Family Radio
American Family Radio is a network of more than 180 radio stations broadcasting Christian-oriented programming to over 40 states. AFR was launched by Rev...
- 93.5 WHJT (Star 93.5): Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
- 93.9 WRXW (Rock 93-9): Modern Rock
Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a rock music format found on American commercial radio. Generally beginning with late 1970s punk but referring especially to rock music since the 1980s, the phrase "modern rock" is used to differentiate the music from "classic rock", which focuses on...
- 94.7 WWJK (94-7 Jack FM): Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist. Most adult hits stations play a mix of rock, alternative, pop, new wave and oldies hits.Companies associated with the format in Canada include NewCap,...
- 95.5 WHLH (95.5 Hallelujah FM): Urban contemporary gospel
Urban contemporary gospel is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
- 96.3 WUSJ (US 96.3): Country Music
Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains...
- 97.3 WFMN (Supertalk Mississippi
Supertalk Mississippi is a statewide, commercial news and talk radio network based in Jackson, Mississippi. Its flagship station is WFMN . Supertalk Mississippi was launched in July 1997, via WFMN...
): Talk, News
- 97.7 WRBJ-FM
WRBJ-FM is an Urban Contemporary radio station in Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned and operated by Roberts Broadcasting, owners of The CW television affiliate WRBJ...
: Hip-Hop |
98.7 WJKK WJKK, better known as Mix 98.7, is a mainstream adult contemporary radio station. Although licensed to Vicksburg, the station serves the Jackson area. The station is currently owned by Meridian-based New South Radio....
: Adult Contemporary
99.7 WJMIWJMI is a radio station licensed to Jackson, Mississippi, USA with a Mainstream Urban musical format. The station is owned by Inner City Broadcasting Corporation.-Station history:...
: Hip-Hop
100.1 WLEZ-LPWLEZ-LP, which broadcasts 24/7 on 100.1 FM, is a radio station serving the Jackson metropolitan area with a community radio format. Coverage includes Downtown Jackson as well as the cities of Flowood, Pearl, Brandon, and portions of Ridgeland...
: Adult standardsAdult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
100.5 WRTM: Urban Adult Contemporary
100.9 WJXN (K-LOVEK-LOVE is a Contemporary Christian music radio programming service in the United States operated by the Educational Media Foundation. As of November 2008, K-Love's programming is carried on 412 FM stations and translators...
): Contemporary Christian musicContemporary Christian music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
101.7 WYOYWYOY is a Top 40 station in Jackson, Mississippi. WYOY debuted in August, 1996, and gave the Jackson area its first Top 40 station since 1993.- External links :*...
(Y101): Top 40, Pop
102.9 WMSIWMSI-FM is a country music formatted radio station in Jackson, Mississippi, and owned by Clear Channel Communications. WMSI's signal covers a roughly 90 mile radius around the city with an ERP of 100,000 watts.-History:...
: Country MusicCountry music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains...
103.9 WYABWYAB 103.9 FM is a radio station serving the city of Jackson, Mississippi, including Madison County, Yazoo County, Rankin County, and Hinds County...
(103-9 WYAB): Talk RadioTalk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
105.1 WQJQWQJQ is a Classic Hits station in Kosciusko, Mississippi, serving the Jackson, Mississippi area as "Q 105.1". It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. From October, 1998 to March, 2003, WQJQ had been a Jammin' Oldies station.-External links:...
(Q-105): OldiesOldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on a period 15 to 55 years before the present day.In the 1980s and 1990s, "oldies" meant the 15 years from the birth of rock n roll to the beginning of the singer-songwriter era of the early 1970s, or about 1955 to 1972.In...
105.9 WZNO: ESPN RadioESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
106.7 WSTZWSTZ-FM is a classic rock music formatted radio station in Jackson, Mississippi, but is licensed to Vicksburg, Mississippi. WSTZ is owned by Clear Channel. WSTZ serves Jackson and surrounding area with an ERP of 85,000 watts....
(Z106): Classic Rock
107.5 WKXI-FMWKXI-FM is an urban adult contemporary music formatted radio station licensed to Magee, Mississippi, but its studio is located in Ridgeland. The station is owned by Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, and is an affiliate of the Tom Joyner Morning Show....
(Kixie 107): R&B, Soul |
AM radio
- 620 WJDX
WJDX is a radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications and licensed to Capstar TX Limited Partnership. It airs a Sports radio format....
: Fox Sports RadioFox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming all day, every day. The network is a service of Premiere Radio Networks...
- 780 WIIN
WIIN is a radio station licensed to serve Ridgeland, Mississippi. The station is owned by The Radio People and licensed to New South Radio, Inc...
: silent
- 810 WSJC
WSJC is a radio station licensed to serve Magee, Mississippi. The station is owned by Family Talk Radio. It airs a Religious radio format....
: Family TalkFamily Talk is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1993 and features performances of six of Abrams compositions by Abrams, Jack Walrath, Patience Higgins, Brad Jones, Warren Smith and Reggie Nicholson...
radio
- 850 WQST
WQST is a radio station licensed to serve Forest, Mississippi. The station is owned by Ace Broadcasting, Inc. Its format is southern gospel.The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since September 1, 1986....
: southern gospelSouthern Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
- 930 WSFZ
WSFZ is a radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by Sportsrad, Inc. It airs a Sports radio format.SuperSport 930 Daily Broadcast Schedule:
...
: Sporting News RadioSporting News Radio is a United States sports radio network that broadcasts sports news, talk, scores, and highlights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Sporting News Radio can be found on AM & FM radio stations across the country and Sirius Satellite Radio...
- 970 WJFN
WJFN, aka SportsRadio 970 The Fan, is a sports radio station in Brandon, Mississippi.On May 19, 2008, WZQK switched from classic country to all-sports. And the station's call letters became WJFN...
: Sporting News Radio
- 1120 WTWZ
WTWZ is a radio station licensed to serve Clinton, Mississippi. The station is owned by Wood Broadcasting Co. Its format is bluegrass, with some religious programming....
: bluegrass gospel
- 1150 WONG
WONG is a radio station licensed to serve Canton, Mississippi. The station is owned by Marion R. Williams. It airs an Urban AC and Gospel music format....
: gospel
- 1180 WJNT
WJNT is a radio station licensed to Pearl, Mississippi. WJNT is currently owned by Inner City Broadcasting and its sister stations are WJMI, WKXI, WOAD and WZNO-FM...
: news-talk
- 1240 WPBQ
WPBQ is a Sports Talk radio station in Jackson, Mississippi. The station broadcasts at 1240 kHz on the AM dial.WPBQ serves as the local affiliate for ESPN Radio.The station is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans radio network....
: silent
- 1300 WOAD
WOAD is a radio station licensed to Jackson with an urban gospel format and is owned by Inner City Broadcasting Corporation.- History :WOAD began broadcasting in March, 1984. At that time, the station's frequency was 1400 kHz...
: gospel
- 1370 WMGO
WMGO is a radio station broadcasting a Urban Contemporary music format. Licensed to Canton, Mississippi, USA, the station serves the Jackson MS area. The station is currently owned by Wmgo Broadcasting Corp.....
: gospel
- 1400 WJQS: adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
- 1590 WZRX
WZRX is an all-news radio station in Jackson, Mississippi. Although WZRX simulcasts CNN Headline News, local news is broadcast by the station as well. Randy Bell is the principal local announcer....
: CNN Headline NewsHLN, is a cable television news channel based in the United States, and a spinoff of the original cable news channel, CNN...
Tourism and Culture
Jackson is a city famous for its music - including
GospelGospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
,
BluesBlues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, and R&B. Jackson is also home to the world famous
Malaco RecordsMalaco Records is an independent record label based out of Jackson, Mississippi. Malaco is and has been the home of several blues and gospel acts such as Johnnie Taylor, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, and the Mississippi Mass Choir...
recording studio. Many notable musicians hail from Jackson.
Rap rocker
Kid RockRobert James Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter with five Grammy Award nominations...
made a song about Jackson, aptly titled "
Jackson, Mississippi"Jackson, Mississippi" is a dark southern metal song from Kid Rock's 2003 self-titled album. The song is about a man dealing with addiction and the effects it's having on a relationship. It was released as a duel single in January 2004 along with "Cold and Empty." It peaked at #14 on the...
", in 2003.
"
Jackson"Jackson" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler about a married couple who find that the "fire" has gone out of their relationship...
" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and
Billy Edd WheelerBilly Edward "Edd" Wheeler is an American songwriter, performer, writer and visual artist. He has written songs performed by over 90 different artists including Judy Collins, Bobby Darin, The Kingston Trio, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Kenny Rogers, and Elvis Presley.Wheeler is also author of 16 plays...
about a married couple who find that the "fire" has gone out of their relationship. The song relates the desire of the husband and wife to travel to Jackson ( is was never disclosed if it was Jackson, Tennessee, or Jackson, Mississippi in the song), where they each look forward to a new life free of the unhappy relationship. Famous covers of the song include the 1968
Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards —or Grammys—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry...
winner by
Johnny CashJohnny Cash , born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
and
June Carter CashValerie June Carter Cash was a singer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. She played the guitar, banjo, harmonica, and autoharp; and acted in several films and television shows.-Early life:June Carter Cash was...
. The song was performed by
Joaquin PhoenixJoaquin Rafael Phoenix, , , formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix, is a film actor, musician, and occasional rapper. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he lived for the first 4 years of his childhood. His family then moved to the continental United States, where he was raised...
and
Reese WitherspoonLaura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. In 1998 she appeared in three major movies: Overnight Delivery, Pleasantville, and Twilight. The following year, Witherspoon appeared in the critically acclaimed Election, which earned her...
(playing Johnny Cash and June Carter) in the 2005 film
Walk the LineWalk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film, directed by James Mangold and based on the life of country singer-songwriter Johnny Cash...
.
In 1978, the
USA International Ballet CompetitionThe USA International Ballet Competition, or USA IBC, is one of the world's top competitions for ballet. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this competition is attended by dancers from all over the world to represent their country for bronze, silver, or gold medals in a variety of categories of...
was founded in Jackson by Thalia Mara, who is also the namesake of Thalia Mara Hall where the competition is held. The following year saw the first USA International Ballet Competition held as part of the worldwide International Ballet Competition (IBC), which itself originated in Varna, Bulgaria in 1964. The competition eventually expanded to rotating annual events between Jackson, Varna,
MoscowMoscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and ranks among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world, a...
and
Tokyo, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
. It was in 1979 that the event first came to the United States, to Jackson, where it now returns every four years. The rotation is currently among Jackson, Varna,
Helsinki, FinlandHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it the most populous municipality in Finland by a wide margin...
, and
Shanghai, ChinaShanghai is the largest city in China, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality of the People's Republic of China with province-level...
. Jackson has been the host of the IBC in 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. The next competition in Jackson will be in 2010. The United States Congress recognized Jackson and the USA IBC by passing a Joint Resolution in 1982 that designated Jackson as the official home of the USA IBC.
Periodic cultural events
- CelticFest Mississippi (annual, September)
- Crossroads Film Festival (annual, April)
- Festival Latino (annual, September)
- Jubilee!Jam (annual, June)
- Mal's St. Pattys Day Parade (annual, third Saturday of March
March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, and one of the seven months which are 31 days long.March in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of September in the Northern Hemisphere....
, before/after March 17, the fourth largest in the nation with over 50,000 people)
- Mississippi State Fair (annual, held in October)
- OUToberfest
OUToberfest is a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual festival held annually during October in Jackson, Mississippi. It was established in 2005 for several reasons including:*a failure of Mississippi Pride organizers in 2004...
(annual gay and lesbian festival, October)
- USA International Ballet Competition
The USA International Ballet Competition, or USA IBC, is one of the world's top competitions for ballet. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this competition is attended by dancers from all over the world to represent their country for bronze, silver, or gold medals in a variety of categories of...
(every four years, June)
Downtown Jackson Attractions
- Alamo Theater (The)
- Boddie Mansion (The)
- Bronze Statue of Medgar Evers
- Chimneyville Crafts Gallery
- City Hall
- Dr. A. H. McCoy Federal Building
- Jackson Zoo
The Jackson Zoo is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Jackson Zoo has been attracting people across the state and beyond for more than 90 years...
- Mississippi Arts Center
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Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Mississippi Fairgrounds and Coliseum
Mississippi Farmer's Market
Mississippi Governor's MansionThe Mississippi Governor's Mansion is a historic U.S. residence in Jackson, Mississippi, located at 316 East Capitol Street. It is the second oldest executive residence in the United States that has been continuously occupied as a gubernatorial residence....
Mississippi Museum of Art
Mississippi State CapitolThe Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Mississippi, housing the Mississippi Legislature...
Mississippi Supreme Court
Municipal Art Gallery |
The Oaks House Museum/Boyd House The Oaks House Museum, located at 823 North Jefferson Street in Jackson, Mississippi, is the former home of Jackson Mayor James H. Boyd and his wife Eliza Ellis Boyd and their family. Having survived the burning of Jackson during the Civil War, The Oaks is one of the oldest structures in the city...
Old State Capitol
Russell C. Davis Planetarium/Ronald E. McNair Space Theater
Smith Park - located downtown adjacent to the Governor's Mansion
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center
Sonny Guy Municipal Golf Course
Thalia Mara Hall
War Memorial Building |
Museums and Historic Sites
Historic marker
Jackson, Mississippi received its first
Mississippi Blues TrailThe Mississippi Blues Trail, created by the Mississippi Blues Commission, is a project to place interpretive markers at the most notable historical sites related to the growth of the blues throughout the state of Mississippi...
designation. The ceremony was held and the historic marker placed on the former site of the Subway Lounge on Pearl Street. The Subway Lounge was in the basement of the old Summers Hotel, one of two hotels available as lodging to blacks before desegregation when it opened in 1943. In the 1960s, the hotel added a
loungeLounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s encompassing the exotica, easy listening, and space age pop genres. It is a type of mood music meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place — a jungle, an island paradise, outer space, et cetera...
in the basement that featured
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
. In the 1980s, when the lounge was revived, it was catered to late night
bluesBlues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
performers. In 2002, the Subway Lounge was filmed for a documentary entitled Last of the Mississippi Jukes.
Parks
- Battlefield Park
- Grove Park
- LeFleur's Bluff State Park
LeFleur's Bluff State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is located off of I-55 in Jackson. The park is named for Louis LeFleur, a French Canadian explorer who established a trading post on the banks of the Pearl River in the late 1700s called LeFleur's Bluff...
- Parham Bridges Park
- Sheppard Brothers Park
- Smith Park
- Sykes Park
Downtown Jackson Renaissance
Currently, Jackson is experiencing $1.6 billion in downtown development. Among the projects include improvements to or construction of the following:
- Old Capitol Green
- Pinnacle at Jackson Place
- Convention Center and Hotels
- Mississippi Telecom Center
- Events Center/Sports Arena
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Union Station
Farish Street Entertainment District
Standard Life Building
Electric 302
Plaza Building |
AT&T Building
Jackson Place Residential
State and Tombigbee Lofts
Library Lofts
Towncreek Apartments at Farish |
Ceva Green
King Edward
Mississippi History Museum
Festival Park
Old Capitol Museum |
Mill Street Viaduct and Market
Cellular South
JPD Headquarters
New Federal Courthouse
Mississippi Museum of Art |
Tallest buildings
| Name |
Height |
Year |
| Regions Plaza (formerly AmSouth) |
97 m |
1975 |
| Jackson Marriott Downtown |
78 m |
1975 |
| Regions Bank Building (formerly AmSouth) |
77 m |
1929 |
| Standard Life Building |
76 m |
1929 |
| Trustmark National Bank Building |
66 m |
1955 |
| Lamar Life Building |
58 m |
1924 |
Summer Training Camp
- New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
- Jackson's Millsaps CollegeMillsaps College is a private liberal arts college located in Jackson, Mississippi. Founded in 1890, the college is recognized as one of the country's best private colleges dedicated to undergraduate teaching and educating the whole individual. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Millsaps...
is the former summer home for the NFL's New Orleans Saints.
Sports arenas
- Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. A state-owned facility, Veterans Memorial Stadium is the home field of the Jackson State University Tigers; it also plays host to the Mississippi High School Activities Association state championship...
-- Concerts, Football (home of Jackson State UniversityJackson State University is a historically black university located in Jackson, Mississippi founded in 1877...
)
- Mississippi Coliseum
The Mississippi Coliseum is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Jackson, Mississippi, located on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds Complex. It was home to the Jackson Bandits minor league ice hockey team from 1999-2003....
-- Basketball, Hockey, Track, Rodeo, Concerts
- Smith Wills Stadium
Smith-Wills Stadium is a 5,200 seat baseball stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. It is located on Lakeland Drive, less than half a mile east of Interstate 55, in the northeastern part of the city.-History:The stadium was built atop a landfill. It opened in 1975...
-- Baseball, Softball, Football, Soccer, Concerts (home of the Belhaven CollegeBelhaven College is a college in Jackson, Mississippi that was founded by the Presbyterian Church in the United States but that is independently run by a Board of Trustees. It is a private college whose tuition currently runs about $7,000 per semester plus about $3,500 for room and board...
baseball team)
Former professional sports teams
- Baseball
- Jackson Mets
The Jackson Mets were a professional baseball team based in Jackson, Mississippi, from 1975 through 1990. As of 2008, they are the longest-tenured club to be based in the Jackson metropolitan area...
- former Texas League AA affiliate of the New York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the East Division of Major League Baseball's National League....
(1975-1990); Smith-Wills Stadium
- Jackson Generals - former Texas League
The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a AA league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1890...
AA affiliate of the Houston AstrosThe Houston Astros is a major league baseball team located in Houston, Texas. The Astros are a member of the Central Division. From 2000 to the present, the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park . The Astros joined MLB under the name Colt .45s along with the New York Mets in...
(1991-1999); Smith-Wills Stadium
- Jackson Diamond Kats - of the independent Texas-Louisiana League (later changed its name to the Central Baseball League
The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas-Louisiana League, was a minor league whose member teams were independent of any Major League Baseball affiliations....
) (2000); Smith-Wills Stadium
- Jackson Senators
The Jackson Senators was the name of at least two minor league baseball teams that played in Jackson, Mississippi.-First Team:The first known Jackson Senators club competed in the Cotton States League before 1953...
- Independent (2001-2004); Smith-Wills Stadium
- Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
- Jackson Wildcats
The Jackson Wildcats were a United States Basketball League team located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Wildcats were originally located in Glens Falls, New York as the Adirondack Wildcats. The new ownership announced the move to Mississippi on 1 December, 2006...
- United States Basketball LeagueThe United States Basketball League is a professional men's spring basketball league. The league was formed in 1985. The current champions are the Kansas Cagerz, who won the title game on July 1, 2007.-Current status:...
- Jackson Rage - World Basketball Association
-History:The WBA was conceived in 2004, with seven teams scheduled to play. One of these, the Chattanooga Majic, did not start the season, and was replaced by the Bristol Crusaders....
(2004)
- Mississippi Hardhats
The Mississippi Hardhats are a World Basketball Association franchise in Hattiesburg, Mississippi....
- World Basketball Association-History:The WBA was conceived in 2004, with seven teams scheduled to play. One of these, the Chattanooga Majic, did not start the season, and was replaced by the Bristol Crusaders....
(2005)
- Hockey
Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick.-Field hockey:...
- Jackson Bandits
The Jackson Bandits were an ice hockey team that competed in the ECHL from 1999–2003.The franchise began as the Chesapeake Icebreakers in 1997. After being purchased in 1999 by a company called Mississippi Indoor Sports headed by majority owners and Mississippi businessmen Bernie Ebbers, the...
- East Coast Hockey League, 1999–2003
- Soccer
- Jackson Calypso - Women's Soccer
- Jackson Rockers - Men's Soccer
- Jackson Chargers - Men's Soccer
- Football
American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
- Mississippi Pride - Regional Football League
The Regional Football League was an American football league formed to be the self-styled "major league of spring football." The RFL season was designed for spring-summer play with the weekend prior to the Fourth of July designated as the annual date for its championship game.The inaugural season...
Noteworthy natives
Jackson is the birthplace of many notable people. From writers
Eudora WeltyEudora Alice Welty was an award-winning American author who wrote short stories and novels about the American South. Her book, The Optimist's Daughter, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 and Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards...
and
Willie MorrisWilliam Weaks "Willie" Morris , was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi, though his family later moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, which he immortalized in his works of prose. Morris' trademark was his lyrical prose style and reflections on the American South, particularly...
and civil rights leaders
Medgar EversMedgar Wiley Evers was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith.- Early life :...
and
James MeredithJames H. Meredith is an American civil rights movement figure. He was the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi, an event that was a flash point in the American civil rights movement....
to rapper
David BannerLavell Crump, better known by the stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, occasional actor, record producer, record label executive, and philanthropist. His stage name is taken from the lead character of the 1970s and 1980s CBS television series The Incredible Hulk.-Early life:Banner was...
, jazz legend
Cassandra WilsonCassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She has won two Grammy Awards.-Family and Early Life:...
, blues pianist
Otis SpannOtis Spann was an American blues musician. Many aficionados considered him then, and now, as Chicago's leading postwar blues pianist.-Career:...
and sports stars
Fred SmootFredrick D. Smoot is an American football defensive back for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He also recently played for the Minnesota Vikings.-High school career:...
,
Jim Gallagher, Jr.James Thomas "Jim" Gallagher, Jr. is an American professional golfer and sportscaster.Gallagher was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His father, a career club pro, started him in golf at age 6. He attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Gallagher turned pro in 1983 and joined the PGA...
and
Monta EllisMonta Ellis is an American professional basketball player, who plays the point guard and shooting guard positions for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA.-High school career:...
. Actors, artists, authors, cooks, inventors, musicians, painters, sports figures and more, Jackson has contributed significantly to America's culture.
(see:
List of people from Mississippi for a more in-depth list)
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