Arrington High
Arrington High was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. 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.
He published The Eagle Eye newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi.
High was fined for publishing criticism of school segregation. He was surveilled by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission. He was arrested for selling literature without a permit. 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. 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. He died while living with his daughter in Chicago.
