Blyden Jackson

Biography

Blyden Jackson (October 12, 1910 – May 1, 2000) was a Black American academic, essayist, and activist. The grandson of slaves, born in the segregated South, Jackson was the first Black American to become a full professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969, and "the first Black American professor at a traditionally white university in the Southeast". At UNC Chapel Hill, Jackson pioneered the African American Studies program and helped recruit more Black American faculty members.

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