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词条 McComb, Mississippi
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

     Climate 

  3. Demographics

  4. Education

  5. Infrastructure

     Rail transportation 

  6. Notable people

  7. References

  8. External links

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McComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, United States, approximately {{convert|80|mi|km}} south of Jackson. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 12,790.[2] It is the principal city of the McComb, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

McComb was founded in 1872 after Henry Simpson McComb of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, a predecessor of the Illinois Central Railroad (now part of the Canadian National Railway), decided to move the railroad's maintenance shops away from New Orleans, Louisiana, to avoid the attractions of that city's saloons. The railroad purchased land in Pike County, and three nearby communities, Elizabethtown, Burglund, and Harveytown, agreed to consolidate to form this town. Main Street developed with the downtown's shops, attractions, and business.

The rail center in McComb was one of flashpoints in the violent Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911. Riots took place here that resulted in many injuries, at least three black strikebreakers killed, and authorities bringing in state militia to suppress the emergency soon after the strike started on September 30.[3]

During the 1960s, McComb and nearby areas were the site of extreme violence by KKK and other white supremacist opponents to the Civil Rights Movement. In 1961, SNCC conducted its first voter registration project in Mississippi in this city. Authorities and local KKK countered it with violence and intimidation to suppress black voters. Fifteen-year-old Brenda Travis was expelled from high school for being in a sit-in at an all-white luncheonette, where she ordered a hamburger; she was convicted of trespassing and sentenced to a year in a juvenile facility. In addition to the physical attacks on activists, Herbert Lee, an older member of the NAACP, was murdered in front of witnesses in nearby Liberty, Mississippi, by state representative E.H. Hurst. The attacker was exonerated by an all-white coroner's jury. In 1961 more than 100 black high school students in McComb were arrested for protesting Lee's murder.[4]

After whites severely beat several staff members, SNCC pulled out of the region in early 1962, moving north in Mississippi to work in slightly less dangerous conditions. In January 1964, Louis Allen was murdered in Liberty, Mississippi, shortly before he planned to move north to join his brother in Minnesota. A married family man, he had been a witness to Lee's murder in 1961, and he had been suspected of talking to US Department of Justice officials about it.[5]

The song, "We Shall Never Turn Back," was related to the 1961 events in Amite and Pike counties. One verse said:

"We have hung our heads and cried,

Cried for those like Lee who died,

Died for you and he died for me, Died for the cause of equality,

But we'll never turn back..."[5]

In 1964, civil rights activists began the Mississippi Project and what would be called Freedom Summer, with teams returning to southwest Mississippi. They sang, "We Shall Never Turn Back." SNCC members of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) returned to McComb in mid-July 1964 to work on voter registration. From late August 1964 through September, after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, McComb was the setting for eleven bombings directed against African Americans.[5] Malcolm Boyd took part of COFO's Freedom House as a member of a clerical delegation to assist African-American voter registration. The following summer, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and African Americans began to be able to register and vote again in the South. In Mississippi, most blacks had been disenfranchised since 1890.

On October 20, 1977, a chartered plane carrying members and crew of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in a swamp near McComb, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, Steve's sister Cassie (a backup singer), and road manager Dean Kilpatrick.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|11.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|11.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.54%) is water.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, McComb has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[6]

Demographics

{{US Census population
|1880= 1982
|1890= 2383
|1900= 4477
|1910= 6237
|1920= 7775
|1930= 10057
|1940= 9898
|1950= 10401
|1960= 12020
|1970= 11969
|1980= 12331
|1990= 11591
|2000= 13337
|2010= 12790
|estyear=2017
|estimate=12799
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census[8]
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As of the census[9] of 2010, there were 12,790 people and 5,073 households in the city. The population density was 1,184 people per square mile (424/km²). There were 5,825 housing units at an average density of 500.6 per square mile (193.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 66.29% African American, 31.22% White, 0.91% Asian, 0.17% Native American, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.41% of the population.

As of the 2000 census, there were 5,265 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.5% were married couples living together, 25.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city, the population was spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 71.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,507, and the median income for a family was $31,758. Males had a median income of $27,899 versus $17,402 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,790. About 27.4% of families and 31.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 43.7% of those under the age of 18 and 21.3% of those 65 and older.

Education

The City of McComb is served by the McComb School District. There are 7 schools in the district, Otken Elementary, Kennedy Early Childhood Center, Higgins Middle School, Denman Jr. High School, McComb High School, Business & Technology Center, and Summit Academy. The McComb and the surrounding Pike County area has three separate school districts, three private schools, and a community college in the northern part of the county.

St. Alphonsus Catholic Church is located in McComb and provides classes kindergarten through seventh grade. McComb is also the location of Parklane Academy, a K4 through 12th grade private college preparatory school. And Jubilee - Performing Arts - Center, a private school catered in the performing arts. It is the first of its kind in the Pike County Area. It is located in the central McComb region. Southwest Mississippi Community College is located seven miles north of McComb, and northeast of Summit, MS. McComb High School is one of the 100 National Model Schools.

Infrastructure

Rail transportation

{{See also|McComb (Amtrak station)}}Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to McComb. Amtrak trains 58 & 59, the City of New Orleans stop here.[10]

Notable people

  • Glover Quin, NFL free safety, Detroit Lions & Houston Texans
  • Woodie Assaf, weather reporter, WLBT television (Jackson) 1953 to 2001, longest-serving weather report in U.S.
  • Jimmy Boyd, singer, musician, actor
  • John Brady, head coach of Arkansas State University men's basketball team, former head coach of LSU Tigers
  • Steve Broussard, National Football League player for Green Bay Packers
  • Adrian Brown, Major League baseball player with Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals
  • Jackie Butler, former NBA player
  • Cooper Carlisle, NFL player
  • Castro Coleman, blues musician
  • Corey Dickerson, Major League Baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Bo Diddley, blues singer[11][12]
  • Charles E. Dunbar, New Orleans attorney and civil service reformer[13]
  • Jarrod Dyson. Major League Baseball player with Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Omar Kent Dykes, blues singer and guitarist
  • James Govan, soul singer
  • King Solomon Hill, early blues musician
  • Vasti Jackson, Grammy nominated electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer[14]
  • Little Freddie King, American Delta blues guitarist
  • Maxie Lambright, football coach born in McComb in 1924; coached at Louisiana Tech University, 1967-1978
  • Robert "Squirrel" Lester, singer in soul music group The Chi-Lites.
  • Bobby Lounge, blues pianist and songwriter
  • Sam McCullum (born 1952), NFL football wide receiver
  • Bucky Moore, NFL player
  • Brandy Norwood, singer and actress
  • Willie "Ray J" Norwood, singer and actor; brother of Brandy Norwood
  • Willie Norwood, singer; father of Brandy and Ray J Norwood
  • R. B. Nunnery, football player
  • Steven Ozment, historian
  • Sherilyn Patterson-Rogers, visual artist; painter
  • Edward Grady Partin, Teamsters Union figure, spent his last years in McComb but died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana[15]
  • La'Porsha Renae, singer, American Idol finalist
  • Bryan Spears, film and television producer
  • Britney Spears, Grammy Award-winning singer and actress
  • Jamie Lynn Spears, actress and singer
  • Lynne Spears, author and mother of Bryan, Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears
  • Dale Thorn, journalist, Louisiana State University professor, and press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards, born in McComb in 1943[16]
  • Matt Tolbert, Major League Baseball player for Minnesota Twins
  • Jack Wardlaw, Louisiana journalist, born in McComb in 1937

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=2017 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2017_Gazetteer/2017_gaz_place_28.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Jan 6, 2019}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-26.pdf|date=2012-08-14|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=8 July 2018 |title=Mississippi: 2010}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Industrial Relations: Final Report and Testimony, United States Commission on Industrial Relations|date=1916|pages=9714–9719|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4aMsAQAAMAAJ&&pg=PA9714#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhis61.htm#1961mccomb|title=Civil Rights Movement -- History & Timeline, 1961|website=Crmvet.org|accessdate=12 January 2018}}
5. ^Peter Cummings, "11 New Bombings Continue Long Legacy of Violence In Southwestern Mississippi" First of three articles, The Crimson (Harvard), 30 September 1964, accessed 11 January 2015
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=81237&cityname=McComb,+Mississippi,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=McComb, Mississippi Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|accessdate=12 January 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2017.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YSasqtfX?url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archivedate=May 12, 2015|df= }}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=September 11, 2013 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.amtrak.com/city-of-new-orleans-train|title=City of New Orleans Train Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans - Amtrak|website=Amtrak.com|accessdate=12 January 2018}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/bo-diddley/|title=Bo Diddley|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|accessdate=12 January 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues_trail/|title=Mississippi Blues Commission - Blues Trail|website=Msbluestrail.org|accessdate=2008-05-28}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site21.php|title=Dunbar, Charles E.|work=A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=December 16, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925003659/http://www.lahistory.org/site21.php|archivedate=September 25, 2016|df=}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vastijackson.com/bio_01.html#.WGLx2VOLRaR |title=Bio page |publisher=Vasti Jackson |date=2014-07-13 |accessdate=2016-12-28}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Louisiana/laobituaries.html|title=Obituaries: Barlow and Related Families|publisher=Baton Rouge State Times, March 12, 1990, p. 6-!|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/news/obituaries/article_b22754d4-db73-11e3-ac47-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Obituary - Dr. Jesse Dale Thorn, May 14, 2014|publisher=Ouachita Citizen|accessdate=May 17, 2014}}

External links

{{Commons category}}
  • {{wikivoyage-inline|McComb}}
  • McComb City Railroad Depot Museum
  • Civil Rights Movement Veterans ~ McComb Project
  • History of Civil Rights Movement in McComb
{{Pike County, Mississippi}}{{Mississippi}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mccomb, Mississippi}}

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