Timeline of Jackson, Mississippi explained

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

19th century

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

20th century

• 1900
  • Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle dedicated.
  • Population: 7,816.
• 1901 - Century Theatre opens.^[6]
• 1902
  • Mississippi Department of Archives and History and State Museum headquartered in city.
  • Art Study Club founded.
  • Population: 7,816.
• 1903 - Mississippi State Capitol building constructed.
• 1906 - YMCA organised locally^[7]
• 1910 - Population: 21,262.
• 1911 - Mississippi Art Association formed.^[8]
• 1914 - Country Club of Jackson organized.^[9]
• 1919 - Jackson Zoo opens.^[10]
• 1920 - The Clarion-Ledger newspaper in publication.
• 1920s - NAACP Jackson branch established.
• 1923 - Edwards Hotel built.
• 1925 - Woodrow Wilson Bridge built.
• 1926
  • Mississippi Library Commission headquartered in Jackson.^[11]
  • Glendale Methodist Church established.^[12]
• 1927 - Municipal Clubhouse Art Gallery opens (approximate date).
• 1929 - WJDX radio begins broadcasting.
• 1930
  • Hinds County Courthouse built.
  • Population: 48,282.
• 1938 - WSLI radio begins broadcasting.
• 1939
  • Jackson Advocate newspaper begins publication.^[13]
  • Pix Theatre built.
• 1940 - Population: 62,107.
• 1943 - Alamo Theater built.^[14]
• 1944 - Summers Hotel in business.
• 1945 - Jackson Photographic Society founded.^[15]
• 1947
  • Radio Service Company in business (approximate date).
  • Mississippi Progressive Voters' League headquartered in city (approximate date).
• 1949 - Allen C. Thompson becomes mayor.
• 1950
  • Trumpet Records in business.
  • Population: 98,271.
• 1953 - WLBT-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1954 - WJTV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1955
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center opens.
  • Ace Records in business.^[16]
• 1960 - Population: 144,422.
• 1961 - Freedom Rides begin.
• 1962
  • Jackson Veterans Administration Hospital opens.
  • Council of Federated Organizations headquartered in city.
  • Mississippi Coliseum built.
• 1963
  • May 28: Woolworth sit-in.^[17]
  • June 12: Medgar Evers assassinated.
• 1966
  • June 26: March Against Fear arrives from Memphis.
  • Subway Lounge opens.
• 1967 - Malaco recording studio in business.
• 1970
  • May 14: Jackson State killings.
  • Public schools desegregated.
  • Hinds Community College campus opens.^[18]
  • Population: 153,968.
• 1970s - Queen of Hearts music club opens.
• 1975
  • Jackson Mets baseball team relocates to Jackson.
  • Smith–Wills Stadium opens.
  • Lemuria Books in business.^[19]
• 1976 - Jackson Camellia Society founded.^[20]
• 1977 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson established.
• 1978 - Southern Coalition for Educational Equity headquartered in city.
• 1979 - April: Flood.
• 1980 - Population: 202,895.
• 1983 - Dons nightclub in business.
• 1984 - Methodist WellsFest begins.^[21]
• 1985 - City adopts mayor-council form of government.
• 1989 - J. Kane Ditto becomes mayor.
• 1990
  • 100 Black Men of Jackson (nonprofit organization) founded.^[22]
  • Population: 196,637.
• 1991 - Garden Club of Jackson organized.^[23]
• 1997 - Harvey Johnson, Jr. becomes mayor.^[24]
• 1999 - City website online.

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.
  • Mississippi Children's Museum opens (December 4, 2005).
• 2006 - Eudora Welty House museum opens.
• 2008 - Mississippi Black Leadership Summit begins.^[25]
• 2009
  • Leslie B. McLemore becomes mayor, succeeded by Harvey Johnson, Jr.^[26]
  • Gregg Harper becomes U.S. representative for Mississippi's 3rd congressional district.^[27]
• 2010
  • The Help (movie) filmed in Jackson.
  • Population: 173,514.
• 2012 - Population Est.: 175,437
• 2013 - Chokwe Lumumba becomes mayor.^[28]
• 2014
  • Charles Tillman becomes interim mayor.^[29]
  • Tony Yarber elected mayor April 22.
• 2020 - State Flag is replaced

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

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• 1859 . . USA . Jackson, Mississippi .
• Book: Charter of the City of Jackson . 1867 . . Jackson (Miss .
• Jackson (Mississippi) . 13 . 1.
• Book: Southern Homeseeker's Guide: And Winter Resorts on the Southern Division of the Illinois Central Railroad . 1889 . Cedar Rapids, Iowa . Jackson, Mississippi . https://books.google.com/books?id=Kw0yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA80 .

Published in the 20th century

• • • Jackson (Mississippi) . 15 . 111 - 112 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: Automobile Blue Book . 1919 . Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. . New York . Jackson Miss. . https://books.google.com/books?id=GtINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA400. Automobile Blue Book . + Map
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  • The Quality of Low-Income Neighborhoods in Jackson, Mississippi: The Residents' Viewpoints . Olurominiyi O. Ibitayo . Humboldt Journal of Social Relations . 25 . 2 . 97–125 . 1999 . 23263371 .

Published in the 21st century

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

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)
• Web site: Jackson Clubs, Organizations and Support Groups . 2005 . Jackson-Hinds Library System . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130824195805/http://jhlibrary.com/reference/main.htm . 2013-08-24 .

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Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Jackson . City of Jackson, MS . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100510192414/http://www.jacksonms.gov/visitors/history . May 10, 2010 .
2. Web site: American Libraries before 1876 . Davies Project . Princeton University . June 14, 2013.
3. Web site: Mississippi History Timeline . Mississippi Department of Archives and History . June 14, 2013.
4. Book: New Orleans and the New South . Andrew Morrison . Metropolitan Publishing Company . 1888 . USA .
5. Richard N. Current. (1993). Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York:Simon & Schuster. Vol. 2, p. 836. ISBN 0132760231.
6. Web site: CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . June 14, 2013 .
7. Web site: Our History . Metropolitan YMCA's of Mississippi . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130407092411/http://metroymcams.org/area.jsp?pageType=category&areaId=8&categoryId=18 . April 7, 2013 .
8. Book: American Art Annual . 1916 . American Federation of Arts . NY . 2027/uc1.b3063397 .
9. Web site: History . Country Club of Jackson . June 14, 2013.
10. Book: Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. . Zoo and Aquarium History. 2001. . USA . 978-1-4200-3924-5 . Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=ulbMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA375 .
11. Web site: Mississippi Library Commission . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613122057/http://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/AboutMLC.html . June 13, 2013 .
12. Web site: Wells Church . Jackson . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131208004453/http://wellschurch.org/about_wells/the_wells_story . December 8, 2013 .
13. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington DC . Chronicling America . Library of Congress . June 14, 2013 .
14. Web site: Historic Theatre Inventory . Maryland, USA . League of Historic American Theatres . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130721130121/http://www.lhat.org/historictheatres/theatre_inventory.aspx . July 21, 2013 .
15. Web site: Jackson Photographic Society . June 14, 2013.
16. Web site: List of Blues Trail Markers . . Mississippi Blues Commission . June 14, 2013.
17. Web site: Miss. honors 50th anniversary of its Woolworth's sit-in . June 12, 2013 . USA Today .
18. Book: Hinds Community College catalog . 1998 .
19. Web site: About Us . Lemuria Books . Jackson MS . June 14, 2013.
20. Web site: Jackson Camellia Society . . June 14, 2013.
21. Web site: WellsFest . Jackson . Wells United Methodist Church . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130930173406/http://wellschurch.org/www.wellsfest.org . September 30, 2013 .
22. Web site: History . 100 Black Men of Jackson . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130811104259/http://100blackmenjackson.org/history.html . August 11, 2013 .
23. Web site: History . Garden Club of Jackson . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022054/http://www.gardenclubofjackson.com/index.php/history/ . August 4, 2012 .
24. Web site: Harvey Johnson: First Black Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi . 1997 . . June 14, 2013. Johnson Publishing Company .
25. Web site: About Us: Mississippi Black Leadership Summit . Mississippi . One Voice . June 14, 2013.
26. Web site: Meet the Mayors . . Washington, DC . June 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080627104834/http://www.usmayors.org/meetmayors/mayorsatglance.asp . June 27, 2008 .
27. Book: Official Congressional Directory . Washington, D.C. . Government Printing Office . 2009 . Mississippi . . 2027/uc1.c099985288 . Official Congressional Directory . 1991/1992- : S. Pub. .
28. Web site: Jackson, MS News, Weather and Sports - WAPT Channel 16.
29. Web site: Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, 66, Has Died; Tillman Acting Mayor.