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Excerpt from Negro Progress in a Mississippi Town: Being a Study of Conditions in Jackson, Mississippi The Negroes of Jackson, who have always outnumbered the whites, but who at present constitute about one-half of the population, have figured largely in this era of' greater prosperity for the town. Twelve years ago, with two conspicuous exceptions, the Negroes were not reckoned in the business life of the town. Comparatively few of them owned property, and that for the most part consisted of the homes occupied by them. A few fraternal societies, the churches, and a periodical organization at the time of national elections, constituted all there was Of associated life among the Negroes of the town. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.