Blyden Jackson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1910
Place of Birth: Paducah, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: novelist
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Blyden Jackson
- Blyden Jackson (October 12, 1910 – 2000) was an Black American academic, essayist, novelist 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 namesake of Blyden and Roberta Jackson Hall on campus.
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