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Mississippi School for the Blind

school in the United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ16964975 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mississippi School for the Blind (MSB) is a state-operated K-12 public school for blind children located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.

The Mississippi State Legislature established the Institution for the Instruction of the Blind on March 2, 1848, through Article 9, Chapter 43. The legislature appropriated $2,500 to the operation of the institution.

It has dormitories housing students from outside of the Jackson metropolitan area.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mississippi School for the Blind” as school in the United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mississippi, School and Blind.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1848—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mississippi, School and Blind providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mississippi School for the Blind”, the useful work is to connect “school in the United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16964975. The first chronological checks are 1848.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mississippi School for the Blind” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.