1. Capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River
   - capital of Mississippi
    
2. 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
   - Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory
    
3. General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
   - Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson
    
4. United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
   - Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson
    
5. A town in western Wyoming
    
6. A town in south central Michigan
    
7. A town in western Tennessee
    
8. United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)
   - Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson
    
9. United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (1958-2009)
   - Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson
    
10. United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)
    - Mahalia Jackson
     
11. English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
    - Glenda Jackson

Derived forms: Jacksons

Type of: actress, author, Chief Executive, civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, full general, general, pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal], POTUS [US, informal], President, President of the United States, singer, state capital, town, United States President, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer, writer

Part of: Equality State, Great Lakes State, Magnolia State, MI, Mich., Michigan, Miss., Mississippi, MS, Tenn., Tennessee, TN, Volunteer State, Wolverine State, WY, Wyo., Wyoming

Encyclopedia: Jackson, Ohio micropolitan area