Richie Jean Jackson
Richie Jean Jackson | |
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Born | Richie Jean Sherrod (1932-08-30)August 30, 1932 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | November 10, 2013(2013-11-10) (aged 81) Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
Other names | Jean Jackson |
Alma mater | Alabama State College; University of Montevallo |
Occupation(s) | Author, teacher, and civil rights activist |
Movement | Civil Rights Movement Peace movement |
Spouse | Dr. Sullivan Jackson |
Children | Jawana Virginia Jackson |
Parent(s) | John W. Sherrod and Juanita Richardson Sherrod |
Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson (née Sherrod; August 30, 1932 – November 10, 2013),[1] was an American author, teacher, and civil rights activist.
Early life and education
Jackson was born in Mobile, Alabama, as the only child of John W. and Juanita Richardson Sherrod.[2] She was a childhood friend of Coretta Scott King.[2][3] She attended and graduated from Cardoza High School in Washington, D.C. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education at Alabama State College, and a Masters of Education at the University of Montevallo.[2] She was married to Dr. Sullivan Jackson.[3] They had one child, a girl named Jawana Virginia Jackson.[4]
Civil rights activist
In February 1964, Martin Luther King Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff, and members of Congress met for strategy sessions to plan the Selma to Montgomery marches in Jackson's Selma, Alabama home.[5][6] After the first attempted march on March 7, 1965 (known as Bloody Sunday), Assistant U. S. Attorney General John Doar and Florida Governor LeRoy Collins, the latter of whom was there representing President Lyndon Johnson, met with King and others at Jackson's house.[5][7] This led to a second attempt at a voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, and finally a third and successful attempt.[5][8] It was also in Jackson's home that Martin Luther King Jr. watched Lyndon Johnson give his Voting Rights Act Address on March 15, 1965.[3][9]
Legacy
Jackson wrote a memoir, The House by the Side of the Road: The Selma Civil Rights Movement, which was published in 2011 by The University of Alabama Press.[6] A tribute to her life was delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives by Alabama representative Terri Sewell in 2013.[6] In 2014, her house, known as the Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5] Also in 2014, Niecy Nash played Jackson in the historical drama film Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay.[10]
References
- ^ "Congressional Record 113th Congress (2013-2014)". Archived from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
- ^ a b c "House by the Side of the Road - University of Alabama Press".
- ^ a b c Tambay A. Obenson (4 June 2014). "Niecy Nash Signs Up To Play Richie Jean Jackson In Ava Du - Shadow and Act". Shadow and Act. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "About The Author".
- ^ a b c d "SULLIVAN & RICHIE JEAN JACKSON HOUSE ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES" (PDF). Alabama Historical Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-11.
- ^ a b c "Congressional Record 113th Congress (2013-2014)". November 13, 2013. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ "Selma to Montgomery: Crossing a Bridge Into History - Alabama Road Trips - Alabama.Travel". Alabama's Official Travel Guide.
- ^ "King leads second attempt at a voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala". The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
- ^ "Lyndon B. Johnson: Voting Rights Act Address".
- ^ "Niecy Nash Signs Up To Play Richie Jean Jackson In Ava DuVernay's 'Selma'|Shadow and Act". Blogs.indiewire.com. June 4, 2014. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
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- "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round"
- "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus"
- "Kumbaya"
- "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize"
- "Oh, Freedom"
- "This Little Light of Mine"
- "We Shall Not Be Moved"
- "We Shall Overcome"
- "Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed On Freedom)"
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- Hocutt v. Wilson
- Sweatt v. Painter
- Hernandez v. Texas
- Loving v. Virginia
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- Jews in the civil rights movement
- Fifth Circuit Four
- 16th Street Baptist Church
- Kelly Ingram Park
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- Edmund Pettus Bridge
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- African-American churches attacked
- List of lynching victims in the United States
- Freedom Schools
- Freedom songs
- Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
- "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence"
- Voter Education Project
- 1960s counterculture
- African American founding fathers of the United States
- Eyes on the Prize
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