Blyden Jackson
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Blyden Jackson
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Blyden Jackson 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. With his wife, he is the n
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American academic and essayist (1910–2000)
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2024-01-05T15:37:07Z
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