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"Ms. Jackson" is a song by the American hip hop duo Outkast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi. It was released on October 24, 2000, as the second single from Outkast's fourth album, Stankonia . It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week on February 17, 2001, and reached number one in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
[7] [8] Bernard Romans' map Proposals dated August 5, 1773 from Philadelphia [9] to likely subscribers indicated a purpose was to map the Mississippi River from Natchez to the mouth. [10] During the 1760s and 1770s, the merchants of Natchez handled the Indian trade for other merchants such as McGillivrary & Struthers of Mobile and others. [11]
Many coastal towns of Mississippi (and Louisiana) had already been obliterated, in a single night. [4] Hurricane-force winds reached coastal Mississippi by 2 a.m. [1] and lasted over 17 hours, spawning 11 tornadoes (51 in other states [2]) and a 28-foot (8.5 m) storm surge [2] flooding 6–12 miles (9.7–19.
The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States. [3] Jackson County is included in the Pascagoula, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the southeastern tip of the state. The county has sandy soil and is in the Piney Woods area.
Washington is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Located along the lower Mississippi, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Natchez, it was the second and longest-serving capital of the Mississippi Territory.
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in downtown Jackson, Mississippi.Still in use, it was established by a federal land grant on November 21, 1821. It was originally known simply as "The Graveyard" and later as "City Cemetery" before the present name was adopted in 1899.
Star is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, southeast of Jackson. [1] Its ZIP code is 39167, [2] area code is 601 and local exchange is 845. The elevation is 423 feet. Star appears on the Star U.S. Geological Survey Map. The community is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Tougaloo College is a private historically black college in the Tougaloo area of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It was established in 1869 by New York–based Christian missionaries for the education of freed slaves and their offspring. From 1871 ...