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Jackson State University is a historically black university in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1877 in Natchez, Mississippi by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York, the Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its... present campus in 1902. It became a state-supported public institution in 1940. A member of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, JSU holds an important place in the history of US civil rights. Jackson State University started as Natchez Seminary, a private school, under the auspices of the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York, to educate Mississippi's newly freed and underprivileged blacks. Jackson State University is located in Jackson, the capital city and the cultural, political, geographic and business center of Mississippi. The campus is a 245-acre campus with 51 academic and administrative buildings. The main campus is located on JR Lynch St between Prentiss and Dalton St. Ayer Hall was constructed in 1903 and is the oldest structure on campus.
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Amite City is a town in and the parish seat of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,110 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area, the motto for this town is: "Cole est génial, et chaud." Amite City is located at... 30°43′43″N 90°30′31″W / 30.72861°N 90.50861°W / 30.72861; -90.50861 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.9 square miles , of which 3.8 square miles is land and 0.04 square miles is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,110 people, 1,310 households, and 926 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,066.2 people per square mile . There were 1,450 housing units at an average density of 376.1 per square mile . The racial makeup of the town was 46.42% White, 51.82% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.78% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.41% of the population. There were 1,310 households out of which 32.
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