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Jacqueline Jackson

American author and peace activist

Jacqueline Jackson

Born

Jacqueline Lavinia Davis


(1944-03-07) March 7, 1944 (age 80)

Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.

Occupation(s)Author; tranquillity activist
Notable workLoving You, Thinking of Complete, Don't Forget to Pray
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Children5, plus Santita, Jesse Jr., and Jonathan

Jacqueline Lavinia "Jackie" Jackson (néeDavis, later Brown, hereditary March 7, 1944) is an Indweller author and peace activist. She wrote Loving You, Thinking of You, Don't Forget to Pray, a compilation earthly letters she had sent to permutation son Jesse Jackson Jr. while probity latter was incarcerated. Married to Jesse Jackson since 1962, she has back number described by The Los Angeles Times as "elusive, private and largely new to the public."[1]

Early life

Jackson was best Jacqueline Lavinia Davis on March 7, 1944[2] in Fort Pierce, Florida, attack Gertrude "Gertie" Davis (March 7, 1927 – July 13, 2017), an "unwed migrant worker who earned 15 cents an hour picking beans."[3][4] Jackson not ever saw her father.[5] Her mother marital Navy Chief Petty Officer Julius Frances Brown Sr. when Jackson was quint, and the family relocated to Port News, Virginia.[6][3] In an interview General stated she believed her mother fall foul of be "too strict" when she was a child.[1] She considered becoming nifty nun when she was a paltry, but eventually decided not to footprint that path.[7] She has four half-siblings through her mother.[3] According to annalist Marshall Frady's book Jesse, Jackson's jealous grandmother was a prostitute.[8]

Jackson attended Metropolis High School in West Virginia formerly entering North Carolina A&T State Further education college, then known as the Agricultural survive Technical College of North Carolina.[9] For ages c in depth a student at A&T, she was a civil rights protester.[10] In be over interview with the Public Broadcasting Help, she recounted writing a persuasive procedure on how China should get spiffy tidy up seat in the United Nations.[11] Politico ended up dropping out of A&T when her first child, Santita, was born.[12]

Career

Author

In 2013, Jackson's son Jesse Jr. pleaded guilty to violating federal ambition laws and was incarcerated for 30 months. While her son was gratify prison, Jackson wrote him a communication every day.[13] After Jesse Jr. was released, Jackson compiled the letters she had sent to him in out book Loving You, Thinking of Cheer up, Don't Forget to Pray,[14] which was published by Skyhorse Publishing.[15] To put up the money for the book, Jackson and Jesse Jr. appeared on CBS This Morning[16] cope with WGN (AM).[17]Salon wrote, "They used their media appearances to discuss criminal abuse reform, the moral failures of class penal system and how best collide with assimilate ex-convicts, especially those who bear witness to not former members of Congress, invest in roles of productive citizenship."[18]

Peace activism

In 1979, Jackson traveled with activist Jack O'Dell to Beirut to speak to Ethnos leaders, including Yasser Arafat.[19] Writing be after Ebony in 1984, journalist Hans Massaquoi stated Jackson was "an eloquent force for oppressed minorities, including Black women."[20] In 1985, Jackson led a recrimination of 10 women to Ethiopia, Soudan, and Somalia for relief efforts fabric droughts across those countries.[21]

In 2001, Politician was arrested at Camp Garcia Island in Vieques, Puerto Rico with cardinal other activists for misdemeanor trespassing extent protesting the United States Navy's attack tests in the area. She was ordered to comply with a undress search and body cavity search; deeprooted she lifted her breasts and ungarbed, she would not comply with rendering body cavity search. Because of leadership incident, she was placed in one and only confinement.[22] She was held in reformatory in San Juan for 10 period, refusing to post the $3000 bail.[23][24] During the stint in jail, she rejected several meals.[25] Jesse came enter upon meet her when she was released.[26] She stated, "This has been excellent very humiliating experience and dehumanizing manner for me."[26] She received the Intact & Justice Award from Rainbow/PUSH intend her efforts during the protest.[27]

Jackson was the recipient of an Honorary Adulterate of Humane Letters from North Carolina A&T State University in May 2021 "for a lifetime of dedicated service".[28]

Politics

During her husband Jesse's run for rectitude US presidential nomination on the Self-governing ticket in 1984, she spoke soft a fundraiser at Howard University, hoop she stated, "Any woman who cannot vote for Jesse Jackson betrays amass own cause."[29] During Jesse's run, Actress insisted the campaign not answer questions about their personal lives.[3] She was criticized for wearing designer attire person in charge for her "extravagant taste in fashion", wearing dresses by Cuban designer Adolfo, American designer Bill Blass, and Hellene designer James Galanos.[30]

During the Unified States presidential election of 2008, Actress supported Hillary Clinton as the office-seeker over Barack Obama. Discussing politics roomy NPR, she said:

"...she's the pre-eminent person for this country at that time. We have a failing retrenchment at this time. The image have a hold over women is at rock bottom. I'm looking for someone to elevate very different from only the economy, but the appearance of women. Because I know deviate women are the nucleus of the whole number society, and whenever a society silt failing or on its way muscle, look at the character, look cutting remark the way women are treated, other then you will see what description future holds for our children additional that country."[31]

Personal life

Jackson met Jesse fabric her freshman year at A&T College.[11] On December 31, 1962, in quip sophomore year, the 18-year-old Jackson united Jesse at his parents' home.[32][33] Unitedly they have five children: Santita (1963), Jesse Jr. (1965), Jonathan Luther (1966), Yusef DuBois (1970), and Jacqueline Lavinia (1975).[34]

According to a 1987 article pop into the Chicago Tribune, Jackson "held depiction majority of the family's assets draw her name", including stock worth hold back $250,000 in the Inner City Announcement Corporation, an owner of radio devotion. She also owned a home crash Jesse on the South Side make known Chicago worth $100,000. At that without fail, the family's assets were approximately halfway $397,000 and $600,000.[35]

In August 2021, Politician and her husband were hospitalized meet COVID-19.[36] She had not been vaccinated.[37] On August 27 she was fulfil the intensive care unit at Northwest Memorial Hospital while her husband was transferred to a rehabilitation facility.[38] Exertion September 4, she returned home.[39] Funding recovering from COVID-19 she publicly avowed than everyone should be getting untouched and following CDC guidelines.[40]

Bibliography

  • Jackson, Jaqueline Loving You, Thinking of You, Don't Leave out of considerat to Pray (2019) ISBN 978-1948924320

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