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This hospital, built in 1979, is now the flagship of Baptist Memorial Health Care since the closure of the Madison Campus in the Medical District, Memphis in 2000, which dated from 1912. [2] Baptist Memorial Health Care operates 22 Hospitals and numerous clinics in the three states surrounding the Memphis area. [ 3 ]
Mahalia Jackson (/ m ə ˈ h eɪ l i ə / mə-HAY-lee-ə; born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) [a] was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century.
Anderson Regional Medical Center (also known as Anderson Regional Medical Center-North) functions as a short-term acute care hospital with 260 beds and is the flagship hospital of Anderson Regional Health System. [1] The hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission. [2]
Jackson Male Academy was founded in 1823 just after West Tennessee was opened for settlement. [5] Only five years earlier in 1818 was the land purchased from the Chickasaw Indians. Union University was established in 1875 in a consolidation of Southwestern Baptist College at Murfreesboro and West Tennessee College at Jackson.
In 1857, the convention established a newspaper, The Mississippi Baptist, with J. T. Freeman as its editor. [ 8 ] In the same year, the convention expressed its opinion on the abolition of slavery, saying that it was an attempt "to detract from the social, civil, and religious privileges of the slave population". [ 9 ]
In 1920, the state hospital was located in Jackson and had 1,670 residents. In 1930, it had 2,649 residents. [9] In 1935, the Mississippi State Insane Asylum moved from a complex of 19th-century buildings in northern Jackson to its current location, [7] the former property of a state penal colony, [6] the Rankin Farm. [9] MSH became overcrowded.
In 2015, Jackson Memorial Hospital received one star out of a possible best of five stars in the Medicare.Gov Hospital Compare survey. [citation needed] In 2007, three University of Miami specialties [clarification needed] at Jackson Memorial Hospital were ranked among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report: The University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute was ranked as the ...
Jackson State 72, Lane College 0, (1972) - Jackson State running back, and future Pro Football Hall of Famer, Walter "Sweetness" Payton set the NCAA Division I-AA scoring record, racking up 46 points by rushing for 6 touchdowns and scoring a pair of two-point conversions. Payton also rushed for a then school record 279 yards.