Arrington High

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Arrington High (1910 - 1988) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. He published the Eagle Eye newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi and was an advocate for African American civil rights.

Biography[edit]

Arrington High was born in 1910 to an African American mother and a Euro-American father.[1] He published the Eagle Eye newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] High wrote and published the Eagle Eye from his own home, located on Maple Street in Jackson.[1] Copies of the newspaper were sold for ten cents and were available for purchase directly from High or from the Farish Street Newsstand.[1] High was known for being a strong, outspoken advocated for social equality and civil rights.[1] The banner of Eagle Eye read, "America's greatest newspaper, bombarding segregation and discrimination."[1]

High was fined for publishing criticism of school segregation.[citation needed] He was surveilled by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission.[11] He was arrested for selling literature without a permit.[12] After publishing criticism of segregationists, he was held in the Mississippi State Asylum in Whitfield until he escaped to Chicago. He reported escaping in a casket.[5][13][14] He made allegations against a brothel he said employed African Americans to serve white clients. He continued publishing his newssheet from Chicago. He promoted conspiracy theories in his later publishing career.[11] He died while living with his daughter in Chicago.[15]

Further reading[edit]

  • Jackson Eagle Eye (September 1954–May 1967) in Jet magazine May 16, 1988

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Walton, Becca. "Jackson Eagle Eye". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  2. ^ Thompson, Julius Eric (2001). Black Life in Mississippi: Essays on Political, Social, and Cultural Studies in a Deep South State. University Press of America. p. 28. ISBN 9780761819226.
  3. ^ Houck, Davis W.; Grindy, Matthew A. (2008). Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 8. ISBN 9781604733044.
  4. ^ Beito, David T.; Beito, Linda Royster (2009). Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power. University of Illinois Press. pp. 105–106. ISBN 9780252034206.
  5. ^ a b "Crusading Publisher Who Fled Mississippi In Casket Dies; Returns For Burial". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 1988-05-16. p. 64.
  6. ^ Shakoor, Jordana Y. (2010-12-01). Civil Rights Childhood. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 73. ISBN 9781617030925.
  7. ^ Thompson, Julius Eric (2007). Lynchings in Mississippi: A History, 1865-1965. McFarland. p. 149. ISBN 9780786427222.
  8. ^ Simmons, Charles A. (2006-01-17). The African American Press: A History of News Coverage During National Crises, with Special Reference to Four Black Newspapers, 1827-1965. McFarland. p. 63. ISBN 9780786426072.
  9. ^ Thompson, Julius Eric (1994). Percy Greene and the Jackson advocate: the life and times of a radical conservative black newspaperman, 1897-1977. McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub. p. 181. ISBN 9780786400157.
  10. ^ Suggs, Henry Lewis (1983). The Black Press in the South, 1865-1979. Greenwood Press. pp. 188, 205. ISBN 9780313222443.
  11. ^ a b "Jackson Eagle Eye". Mississippi Encyclopedia.
  12. ^ "High, Arrington W., 1910-". crdl.usg.edu.
  13. ^ Beito, David T.; Beito, Linda Royster (October 29, 2009). Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252034206 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ Wilkerson, Isabel (October 29, 2010). The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. Random House. p. 353. ISBN 9780679444329 – via Internet Archive. Arrington High.
  15. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (May 16, 1988). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.


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