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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:
Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) [1] was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009.Melton, an African American, defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had served two terms.
Canton News: Canton: Monthly Clay Mansell Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper Clarion-Ledger: Jackson/statewide 1941 Daily Gannett Company [2] OCLC 8674244: Clarksdale Press Register: Clarksdale: 1949 Daily Delta Press Pub. Co. OCLC 15003806: The Clinton Courier: Clinton: Bi-monthly Clay Mansell Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper Columbian ...
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 hotel opened its doors on May 1, 1922. The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson's newspaper, dedicated two pages of its April 30th Sunday edition to the opening of the five-storey hotel, which was described the first fire-proof building in the state of Mississippi. [1] The hotel opened with 124 rooms, all boasting an electric fan. [2]
Michael Chavez, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger December 11, 2023 at 6:01 AM The Clarion-Ledger has released its annual Dandy Dozen, a collection of Mississippi's top high school boys basketball ...
Allen Cavett Thompson (November 6, 1906 – October 18, 1980) [1] was an American politician in the state of Mississippi. Affiliated with the Democratic Party, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.
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