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Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County.The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city. [4]
James Craig Anderson was a 47-year-old American man who was murdered in a hate crime in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 26, 2011, by 18-year-old Deryl Dedmon of Brandon.At the time of his death, Anderson was working on the assembly line at the Nissan plant in Canton, and raising an adopted son with his partner.
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is a museum in Jackson, Mississippi located at 222 North St. #2205. Its mission is to document, exhibit the history of, and educate the public about the American Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. state of Mississippi between 1945 and 1970. [ 1 ]
Angie Thomas was born on September 20, 1988, in Jackson, Mississippi where she was raised. [1] [2]Thomas was subjected to multiple instances of gun violence at a young age. She grew up near the home of assassinated civil rights activist Medgar Evers, stating that her mother heard the gunshot that had killed him.
It is located in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, south of the Mississippi State Capitol, at the south end of Smith Park. Completed in 1841 to a design by state architect William Nichols , it is the second-oldest governor's residence in active use in the nation, and a prominent example of Greek Revival architecture .
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (born September 14, 1941) is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961, and was confined for two months in the Maximum Security Unit of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (known as "Parchman Farm"). [1]
The Lamar Life Building is a historic building in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. [1] It was designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style , and it was completed in 1924. [ 1 ] It is the twelfth tallest building in Jackson, and was considered Jackson's first skyscraper.
Jackson, which is Mississippi’s Capital, experienced its highest number of homicides in 2020 with nearly 130 killings in the city of about 161,000, AP reported. Most of the incidents were gun ...