{"id":14493,"date":"2021-10-16T00:56:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T00:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/?p=14493"},"modified":"2021-10-16T00:57:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T00:57:20","slug":"us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"US State Capitols: Jackson, Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date Visited: July 9th, 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wrightquote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14494 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wrightquote-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wrightquote-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wrightquote-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wrightquote.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jackson, Mississippi is an interesting place. It&#8217;s history is mixed up with the racial controversy of a struggle of black versus white, but the funny thing about that is today both of those groups are becoming a minority to the increasingly growing multi-ethnic groups. A good example of this was Keifer&#8217;s, which is an excellent Mediterranean restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14493 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/wrightquote\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wrightquote-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/statecapitolglass\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/statecapitolglass-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14500\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14500'>\n\t\t\t\tCapitol Stainglass\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/senatedome\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/senatedome-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14499\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14499'>\n\t\t\t\tSenate Dome\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/robertsonschool\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/robertsonschool-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14498\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14498'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Robertson School was the first public school in the USA for black people.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/med\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/med-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14497\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14497'>\n\t\t\t\tKeifer&#8217;s Mediterranean\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/jacksondome\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jacksondome-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14496\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14496'>\n\t\t\t\tJackson State Capitol Dome\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/brentsdiner\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/brentsdiner-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14495\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14495'>\n\t\t\t\tBrent&#8217;s Drugs is a great retro place to get desert.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Videos:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jackson Mississippi: US State Capitols\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SvFMZEklz6I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jackson Mississippi: Exploring a Little Bit of the Freedom Trail.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_JzmgC3Kaks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date Visited: July 9th, 2021 Jackson, Mississippi is an interesting place. It&#8217;s history is mixed up with the racial controversy of a struggle of black versus white, but the funny thing about that is today both of those groups are <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/us-state-capitols-jackson-mississippi\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2022,1977,2018,2019,2020,1976,2021,1490],"class_list":["post-14493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state-capitols","tag-capitals","tag-elderp","tag-jackson","tag-mississippi","tag-ms","tag-pedrozatravel","tag-us-capitals","tag-us-state-capitols"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14501,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493\/revisions\/14501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}