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Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi in terms of student enrollment. The university is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".Jackson State University's athletic teams, the Tigers, participate in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Jackson State is also the home of the Sonic Boom of the South, a marching band founded in the 1940s. Their accompanying danceline, the Prancing J-Settes, are well known for their unique style of dance, known as J-Setting.

WJSU-FM (88.5 FM), is a NPR member station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, owned by Jackson State University (JSU). Its studios are located separately from the main campus at the Mississippi e-Center at JSU, and its transmitter is atop JSU's administration building. The station carries primarily jazz-related programs, with some NPR programming and local programs, plus R&B music on Saturday mornings and gospel music all day on Sundays.

The Jackson State University Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located on the campus of Jackson State University at 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi.

J. P. Campbell College (1890–1964) was a junior college in Mississippi focused on educating African American students. It was affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. In its final years, the early 1960s, it enrolled three hundred students.Founded in Vicksburg in 1890, it moved to Jackson in 1898. Perry W. Howard served as its president from 1899 until 1900. M. M. Ponton became president of the college in 1907.On April 8, 1960, Black civil rights activist Medgar Evers announced the Easter boycott of downtown Jackson merchants from a press conference at the college. Charles A. Jones, Campbell College's dean of religion, led the boycott campaign. Robert M. Stevens was then president of the college.In October 1961, students from Burglund High School marched through downtown McComb in solidarity with Brenda Travis, a fifteen-year-old student who had been arrested and sentenced for participating in a voter registration drive and sit-ins. Around 1,600 students were arrested as they prayed on the steps of City Hall. Berglund's principal required students to sign a pledge to avoid participation in further protests in order to attend school. In response, Campbell College offered Berglund students who refused an opportunity to enroll.The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission monitored Campbell College's civil rights activities, placing its president Robert Stevens and dean of religion Charles Jones on its "trouble-makers list." In February 1962, conservative members of the college's board of trustees and the AME Church filed for injunction to remove Stevens, Jones, and other administrators from their duties. The Chancery Court allowed the board of trustees to be reconstituted, but the new board reinstated Steven and Jones four months later. Civil rights activism continued on campus after 1962, but the college and its sponsor the Eighth Episcopal District lost money in the process, as well as in a separate land transaction. In 1964, the state of Mississippi seized the college by eminent domain. Scholar Jay Ann Williamson wrote that, "Legislators never called it an act of retribution, but Campbell's place in the Jackson movement clearly influenced the decision." Williamson stated that "The demise of Campbell College provides an extreme example of private HBCU Historically Black Colleges and Universities vulnerability to state attempts to quash the Civil Rights Movement."

Mount Olive Cemetery is a historic burial ground for African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

Lee E. Williams Assembly Center is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena located on Jackson State University's campus in Jackson, Mississippi. It was built in 1981 and is home to the Jackson State Tigers women's and men's basketball teams.It will be renovated in a few years by Durrell Design Group, and the renovations are currently in the planning process. The renovations will consist of new signage added, blue, red and white added to the exterior, renovation of the men's and women's locker rooms and addition of player lounges for men's and women's basketball.

Robert "Bob" Braddy Field is a baseball venue in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is home to the Jackson State Tigers baseball team of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference. Originally known as Jackson State University Baseball Complex, it was renamed prior to the 2010 season for Jackson State athletic director Robert Braddy. Opened in 2006, the facility has a capacity of 800 spectators.In addition to Jackson State baseball, the field has hosted events of the Mississippi RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) Program.

The Summers Hotel was located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, and was the city's first black-owned hotel. W. J. Summers established it in 1944 and many black musicians lodged there during the era of segregation. The Subway Lounge was opened in the basement in 1966. The Subway was a regular jazz venue and offered popular late-night blues shows from the mid-1980s until the hotel's demolition in 2004.The Subway Lounge was featured in the 2003 documentary film, Last of the Mississippi Jukes.It has a marker as part of the Mississippi Blues Trail.

Calvary Baptist Church is a historic church in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.. It was designed in the Classical Revival architectural style by R. H. Hunt. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Jim Hill High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, hosting the state's first International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) program. It hosts Advanced Placement courses, a JROTC, and a SOAR program.

Union Station is an intermodal transit station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is operated by the Jackson Transit System and serves Amtrak's City of New Orleans rail line, Greyhound Lines intercity buses, and is Jackson's main city bus station.

The King Edward Hotel, built in 1923 as the Edwards Hotel, is an historic hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. The second of two buildings located on the site at the corner of Capitol and Mill Streets, it was closed and vacant for nearly 40 years before renovations began in 2006. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1990. It was restored from 2007-2009 as a combination of apartments and the Hilton Garden Inn Jackson Downtown, which opened on December 17, 2009. It features the King Edward Grill, King Edward Bar, Pavilion Pantry convenience mart, a fitness center and formerly a Seattle's Best Coffee shop.