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Historically, both newspapers, The Clarion-Ledger and the Jackson Daily News, were openly and unashamedly racist, supporting white supremacy. In 1890, after Mississippi Democrats adopted a new state constitution designed to disenfranchise black voters by making voter registration and voting more difficult, The Clarion-Ledger applauded the move, stating:
Last year, Clarion Ledger staffers told you about all sorts of new business developments in and around the Jackson area, including a proposed $150 million movie studio that could change Jackson ...
The City of Jackson's Ward 2 special election is set for Oct. 1, with six candidates vying for a place on the Jackson City Council. The Clarion Ledger sent questionnaires to each candidate.
Jerry W. Mitchell (born February 23, 1959) [1] is an American investigative reporter formerly with The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi.He convinced authorities to reopen many cold murder cases from the civil rights era, his investigations providing the basis for prosecutions, prompting one colleague to call him "the South's Simon Wiesenthal". [2]
The newspaper was established in 1979 by Joe Dove, former business editor of The Clarion-Ledger. He led the newspaper until 1984 when he sold it to Richard Roper, head of Downhome Publications and publisher of Mississippi Magazine. [2] Two years later Roper sold the publication to Rosa Lee Harden Jones. [3]
According to a public-records request the Clarion Ledger received from the Hinds County DA’s office, a Briana Banks works as a legal assistant for Owens, making $30,000 per year. One of Banks ...
Minor wrote a syndicated column for over 30 years titled "Eyes on Mississippi", [3] which was printed in The Clarion-Ledger and other state newspapers. After suffering a stroke in 1994, he was reduced to typing with two fingers. [2] He published a book, "Eyes on Mississippi: A Fifty-Year Chronicle of Change", in 2001. [1]
Ross Reily, Mississippi Clarion Ledger June 7, 2024 at 8:35 AM If you were to create a destination location for a barbeque joint in rural Hinds County, there are probably just a handful of people ...