Arrington High

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

Arrington High was born in 1910 to an African American mother and a white 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. 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
  • Jackson Eagle Eye (September 1954–May 1967) in Jet magazine May 16, 1988

References
  1. 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. "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. "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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