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NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville. "Mississippi". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997. "United States: Mississippi". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 19, 2001. "Mississippi Newspapers". AJR News Link ...
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:
The newspaper was founded in 1938 by Percy Greene. [1] [2] Greene, a veteran of World War I and a Civil Rights leader in the 1940s and 1950s, was determined to make a contribution to the struggle of African-American people in the South during a time when they were severely oppressed by legal segregation and Jim Crow laws.
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi officials on Friday approved the city of Jackson’s request for $35.6 million in federal funds The post Jackson, Mississippi to receive $35.6M in federal water ...
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Mississippi. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Mississippi was the Colored Citizen in 1867. [1] More than 70 African American newspapers were founded across Mississippi between 1867 and 1899, in at least 37 different towns. [2]
The activists from the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign and People’s Advocacy Institute filed court papers Wednesday asking to intervene in the federal government’s lawsuit against Jackson.
The Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport is the busiest airport in Mississippi, carrying six out of every 10 passengers boarding at the state's seven commercial airports.
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]