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[[Image:ejackson.png|left|thumb| | [[Image:ejackson.png|left|thumb|300px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]Jackson, Evelyn. (Atonka, TN-- ). Jackson began her life fighting for civil rights as a high school student in Detroit. After retiring in 1986 as an elementary principal from Detroit, Michigan, Jackson came to Dubuque in 1993. She succeeded [[MOSS, Ernestine|Ernestine MOSS]] as president of the [[NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (N.A.A.C.P.)]] organization in 1995. (1) She was an annual judge of the Dubuque N.A.A.C.P.-sponsored essay contest for school children prior to Martin Luther King Day. (2) | ||
Jackson received the Ruby Sutton Award in 1995. (3) She served on the Dubuque Human Rights Commission in 2002. (4) | Jackson received the Ruby Sutton Award in 1995. (3) She served on the Dubuque Human Rights Commission in 2002. (4) | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 21 April 2019
Jackson, Evelyn. (Atonka, TN-- ). Jackson began her life fighting for civil rights as a high school student in Detroit. After retiring in 1986 as an elementary principal from Detroit, Michigan, Jackson came to Dubuque in 1993. She succeeded Ernestine MOSS as president of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (N.A.A.C.P.) organization in 1995. (1) She was an annual judge of the Dubuque N.A.A.C.P.-sponsored essay contest for school children prior to Martin Luther King Day. (2)
Jackson received the Ruby Sutton Award in 1995. (3) She served on the Dubuque Human Rights Commission in 2002. (4)
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Source:
1. Krapfl, Mike, "Local NAACP Has New Leader," Telegraph Herald, January 14, 1995, p. 3
2. Voight, Sandye, "Remembering Dr. King," Telegraph Herald, January 16 2005, p. 1
3. Dubuque N. A. A. C. P. Online: http://dubuquenaacp.com/index.php/about-us/awards
4. City of Dubuque. Online: http://weblink.cityofdubuque.org/WebLink8/1/doc/11280/Page1.aspx
