For those desiring more knowledge than the River Thames....

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Here are some quick facts about our fellow Mississippians from Lorman:

Name: Alcorn State University ( formerly Alcorn A&M College, formerly Alcorn University)
Founded: 1871 ( older than MSU)
Type: Land Grant
Enrollment 3,443
Nickname: Braves
Named for: Gov James Alcorn
Location: Lorman, Ms
Academics: Seven degree granting schools including nursing and agriculture
Ratio: 3 to 2 Women to men
Campus: 1,700 acres
Origins: Oakland College, a school for white men established by the Presbyterian Church (pre-civil war)
Famous
Alums: Alex Haley, Medgar Evers, Jimmy Giles, Cedric Tillman, Steve McNair


Now you can impress the visitors in the junction.

 

[mjh94]

gov'nuh alcorn "By 1860, he owned nearly a hundred slaves and held lands valued at a quarter of a million dollars."

ain't that ironic.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

...this was back in the days when $100 a year was considered a good wage. Of course, those millions were made on the backs of slaves.

James Alcorn was one of the few Confederate officers who became a Republican after the War. He was Governor during Reconstruction. His feud with Radical Republicans helped destroy the GOP in Mississippi, until the party was resurrected in the 1960's as a reaction to the racist Democrats blowing up churches and burning crosses.