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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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
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