Jackson

noun

1. 1

   a town in south central Michigan

2. 2

   capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River

3. 3

   a town in western Tennessee

4. 4

   a town in western Wyoming

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   7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)

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   general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)

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   United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)

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   United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)

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   United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)

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    United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)

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    English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)