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The Greyhound Bus Station at 219 N. Lamar St., Jackson, Mississippi, was the site of many arrests during the May 1961 Freedom Rides of the Civil Rights Movement. The Art Deco building has been preserved and currently functions as an architect's office.
Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, known as a hub for Black -owned businesses up until the 1970s. Named after a family that lived and had businesses on that street for four generations, [2] the street became a flourishing business area after the imposition of legal segregation under Jim Crow.
Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport ( IATA: JAN, ICAO: KJAN, FAA LID: JAN) is a city-owned civil-military airport located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, [3] approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Downtown Jackson across the Pearl River. [2] It is located in Rankin County between the suburbs of Flowood and Pearl, [4] whereas the majority of the city of Jackson is located ...
The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization which is active in the United States. It originated in Mississippi and Louisiana in the early 1960s under the leadership of Samuel Bowers, its first Imperial Wizard. [1] The White Knights of Mississippi were formed in December 1963, [2] when they separated from the ...
North Mississippi State Hospital Police. South Mississippi State Hospital Police. Mississippi Department of Revenue. Criminal Investigations Division. Alcoholic Beverage Control. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Law Enforcement Division [4] Mississippi Highway Patrol. Mississippi Department of Transportation Office of ...
34 Number Ones is the seventh greatest hits compilation album by American country artist Alan Jackson. It was released in the United States on November 23, 2010 through Arista Nashville. [3]
The Jackson Police Department (JPD) provides law enforcement to approximately 175,000 residents within the 120-square-mile (310 km 2) Hinds County portion of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. [1]
It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect. For example, Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages, but each includes several mutually unintelligible varieties, and so they are sometimes considered language families instead. Conversely, colloquial registers of Hindi and Urdu are almost completely mutually intelligible, and are sometimes ...