Timeline of Jackson, Mississippi

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

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19th century

• 1821
  • Mississippi capital relocated to Jackson from Natchez.[1]
  • Graveyard established.
• 1822
  • January: State legislature in session.[2]
  • Town laid out.[3]
• 1838 - State Library established.[4]
• 1839 - State House built.[3]
• 1840
  • Vicksburg-Jackson railway begins operating.[5]
  • Jackson chartered as a city.[3]
  • Penitentiary built.[6]
• 1842
  • James H. Boyd becomes mayor.
  • Governor's mansion built.[6]
• 1845 - College opens in Eagle Hotel.[7]
• 1846
  • City Hall built.[1]
  • St. Peter's church dedicated.
• 1847 - Mississippi Institute for the Blind founded.[6]
• 1858 - New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad in operation.[8]
• 1861
  • January 7: Secession Convention begins.[5]
  • City becomes Confederate capital of Mississippi.[6]
  • Confederate House (hotel) built.[9]
• 1863
  • May 14: Battle of Jackson, Mississippi; Union Army takes city.
  • July 5–25: Siege of Jackson.
• 1864 - July 2–10: Occupation of Jackson by Union Army.[5]
• 1866 - Daily Clarion newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1867
  • City charter revised.[11]
  • Beth Israel Synagogue built.
• 1868
  • Black and Tan Convention held.[3]
  • Colored Citizen’s Monthly begins publication.[12]
• 1869
  • Mississippi State Fair begins.[13]
  • Tougaloo College established near Jackson.
• 1870
  • People's Journal begins publication.[12]
  • Mississippi Penitentiary Library established.[4]
• 1882 - Natchez-Jackson railway begins operating.[6]
• 1883 - Jackson College for Negroes in operation.[3]
• 1885 - Yazoo City-Jackson railway begins operating.[6]
• 1890
  • Constitutional Convention held.[3]
  • Population: 5,920.[3]
• 1891 - Confederate monument unveiled.[6]
• 1892
  • Millsaps College opens.[3]
  • Jackson Evening News begins publication.[10]
• 1894 - Belhaven College for Young Ladies chartered.[3]
• 1898 - Campbell College relocated to Jackson from Vicksburg.[6]

20th century

• 1900
  • Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle dedicated.
  • Population: 7,816.[3]
• 1901 - Century Theatre opens.[14]
• 1902
  • Mississippi Department of Archives and History and State Museum headquartered in city.[6]
  • Art Study Club founded.[15]
  • Population: 7,816.[16]
• 1903 - Mississippi State Capitol building constructed.[3]
• 1906 - YMCA organised locally[17]
• 1910 - Population: 21,262.[3]
• 1911 - Mississippi Art Association formed.[15]
• 1914 - Country Club of Jackson organized.[18]
• 1919 - Jackson Zoo opens.[19]
• 1920 - The Clarion-Ledger newspaper in publication.
• 1920s - NAACP Jackson branch established.[20]
• 1923 - Edwards Hotel built.[9]
• 1925 - Woodrow Wilson Bridge built.
• 1926
  • Mississippi Library Commission headquartered in Jackson.[21]
  • Glendale Methodist Church established.[22]
• 1927 - Municipal Clubhouse Art Gallery opens (approximate date).[6]
• 1929 - WJDX radio begins broadcasting.[23]
• 1930
  • Hinds County Courthouse built.[6]
  • Population: 48,282.
• 1938 - WSLI radio begins broadcasting.[23]
• 1939
  • Jackson Advocate newspaper begins publication.[10]
  • Pix Theatre built.
• 1940 - Population: 62,107.
• 1943 - Alamo Theater built.[24]
• 1944 - Summers Hotel in business.[9]
• 1945 - Jackson Photographic Society founded.[25]
• 1947
  • Radio Service Company in business (approximate date).[9]
  • Mississippi Progressive Voters' League headquartered in city (approximate date).[20]
• 1949 - Allen C. Thompson becomes mayor.
• 1950
  • Trumpet Records in business.[9][26]
  • Population: 98,271.
• 1953 - WLBT-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[27]
• 1954 - WJTV (television) begins broadcasting.[27]
• 1955
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center opens.[28]
  • Ace Records in business.[9]
• 1960 - Population: 144,422.[29]
• 1961 - Freedom Rides begin.
• 1962
  • Jackson Veterans Administration Hospital opens.[28]
  • Council of Federated Organizations headquartered in city.[30]
  • Mississippi Coliseum built.
• 1963
  • May 28: Woolworth sit-in.[31]
  • June 12: Medgar Evers assassinated.
• 1966
  • June 26: March Against Fear arrives from Memphis.
  • Subway Lounge opens.[9]
• 1967 - Malaco recording studio in business.
• 1970
  • May 14: Jackson State killings.
  • Public schools desegregated.[32]
  • Hinds Community College campus opens.[33]
  • Population: 153,968.[29]
• 1970s - Queen of Hearts music club opens.[9]
• 1975
  • Jackson Mets baseball team relocates to Jackson.
  • Smith–Wills Stadium opens.
  • Lemuria Books in business.[34]
• 1976 - Jackson Camellia Society founded.[35]
• 1977 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson established.
• 1978 - Southern Coalition for Educational Equity headquartered in city.[30]
• 1979 - April: Flood.
• 1980 - Population: 202,895.[29]
• 1983 - Dons nightclub in business.
• 1984 - Methodist WellsFest begins.[36]
• 1985 - City adopts mayor-council form of government.[1]
• 1989 - J. Kane Ditto becomes mayor.
• 1990
  • 100 Black Men of Jackson (nonprofit organization) founded.[37]
  • Population: 196,637.[29]
• 1991 - Garden Club of Jackson organized.[38]
• 1997 - Harvey Johnson, Jr. becomes mayor.[39]
• 1999 - City website online.[40]

21st century

• 2000
  • Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life founded.
  • Population: 184,256.
• 2002
  • Jackson Free Press begins publication.
  • Jackson Senators baseball team formed.
• 2005 - Frank Melton becomes mayor.
• 2005 - Mississippi Children's Museum opens (December 4, 2005).
• 2006 - Eudora Welty House museum opens.
• 2008 - Mississippi Black Leadership Summit begins.[41]
• 2009
  • Leslie B. McLemore becomes mayor, succeeded by Harvey Johnson, Jr.[42]
  • Gregg Harper becomes U.S. representative for Mississippi's 3rd congressional district.[43]
• 2010
  • The Help (movie) filmed in Jackson.[44]
  • Population: 173,514.
• 2012
  • 2012 Population Est.: 175,437
• 2013 - Chokwe Lumumba becomes mayor.[45]
• 2014
  • Charles Tillman becomes interim mayor.[46]
  • Tony Yarber elected mayor April 22.
• 2020
  • State Flag gets taken down

See also

• Jackson history
• List of mayors of Jackson, Mississippi
• List of Landmarks in Hinds County
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hinds County, Mississippi
• Timeline of Mississippi[47]

References

1. "History of Jackson". City of Jackson, MS. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
2. Rowland 1907.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
5. "Mississippi History Timeline". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
6. Federal Writers' Project 1949. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFFederal_Writers'_Project1949 (help)
7. Edward Mayes (1899), History of education in Mississippi, Washington, DC: Gov't Printing Office
8. Andrew Morrison (1888). New Orleans and the New South. USA: Metropolitan Publishing Company.
9. "List of Blues Trail Markers". Mississippi Blues Trail. Mississippi Blues Commission. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
10. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
11. Charter 1867.
12. Julius Eric Thompson (1993), The Black press in Mississippi, 1865-1985, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813011744
13. Southern Farm and Home, 1, Macon, Georgia, October 1870, hdl:2027/njp.32101064477407
14. "CinemaTreasures.org". Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
15. American Art Annual. NY: American Federation of Arts. 1916. hdl:2027/uc1.b3063397.
16. "Mississippi", Rand-McNally Official Railway Guide and Hand Book, Chicago: American Railway Guide Co., 1902, hdl:2027/uva.x000764532
17. "Our History". Metropolitan YMCA's of Mississippi. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
18. "History". Country Club of Jackson. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
19. Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
20. John Dittmer (1994), Local people: the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252021029
21. "Mississippi Library Commission". Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
22. "Wells Church". Jackson. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
23. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Mississippi", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
24. "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
25. "Jackson Photographic Society". Retrieved June 14, 2013.
26. Marc Ryan (2004), Trumpet Records: Diamonds on Farish Street, University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 9781578066063
27. Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Mississippi", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
28. Smith 2005.
29. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
30. Nina Mjagkij, ed. (2001), Organizing Black America: an Encyclopedia of African American Associations, Garland, ISBN 9780815323099
31. "Miss. honors 50th anniversary of its Woolworth's sit-in". USA Today. June 12, 2013.
32. Wesley 2005.
33. Hinds Community College catalog. 1998.
34. "About Us". Jackson MS: Lemuria Books. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
35. "Jackson Camellia Society". GuideStar. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
36. "WellsFest". Jackson: Wells United Methodist Church. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
37. "History". 100 Black Men of Jackson. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
38. "History". Garden Club of Jackson. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
39. "Harvey Johnson: First Black Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 1997. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
40. "Jackson Flies Into Cyberspace With New Website", Clarion Ledger, January 11, 1999
41. "About Us: Mississippi Black Leadership Summit". Mississippi: One Voice. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
42. "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
43. "Mississippi". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2009. hdl:2027/uc1.c099985288 – via HathiTrust.
44. New York Times 2013.
47. Federal Writers' Project (1949), "Chronology", Mississippi; a Guide to the Magnolia State, New York: Viking, OCLC 478887

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• "Jackson, Mississippi". De Bow's Review. USA. 1859.
• Jackson (Miss (1867). Charter of the City of Jackson.
• "Jackson, Mississippi". Southern Homeseeker's Guide: And Winter Resorts on the Southern Division of the Illinois Central Railroad. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1889.

Published in the 20th century

• Dunbar Rowland, ed. (1907), "Jackson", Encyclopedia of Mississippi history, Madison, Wisconsin: S. A. Brant, hdl:2027/nyp.33433081846085
• Dudley Weldon Woodard (1909), Negro progress in a Mississippi town: being a study of conditions in Jackson, Mississippi, Cheyney, Pa.: Committee of Twelve for the Advancement of the Interests of the Negro Race, OL 13501287M
• "Jackson", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "Jackson Miss.". Automobile Blue Book. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1919. + Map
• Federal Writers' Project (1949), "Jackson", Mississippi; a guide to the Magnolia State, New York: Viking, OCLC 478887
• George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Jackson, Mississippi", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO – via Internet Archive (fulltext)
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Jackson, MS", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
• Olurominiyi O. Ibitayo (1999). "The Quality of Low-Income Neighborhoods in Jackson, Mississippi: The Residents' Viewpoints". Humboldt Journal of Social Relations. 25 (2): 97–125. JSTOR 23263371.

Published in the 21st century

• David Barton Smith (2005). "The Politics of Racial Disparities: Desegregating the Hospitals in Jackson, Mississippi". Milbank Quarterly. 83.
• Joan Marshall Wesley; et al. (2005). "Urban Segregation in the Deep South: Race, Education, and Planning Ethics in Jackson, Mississippi". Race, Gender & Class. 12.
• "36 Hours in Jackson, Miss". New York Times. May 30, 2013.

External links

• Items related to Jackson, Mississippi, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
• Materials related to Jackson, Mississippi, various dates (via Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
• "Jackson Clubs, Organizations and Support Groups". Jackson-Hinds Library System. 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-08-24.

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