Dr. Barbara Loomis Jackson’s life reflected not only her own intellectual achievements but also the convergence of two prominent African American professional families whose influence extended across Detroit, Chicago, Englewood, and national educational circles.
Barbara was born…
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) was one of the most influential African American scholars, writers, historians, sociologists, and civil rights activists of the twentieth century, and a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).…
William Edward Burghardt "W.E.B." DuBois wrote to Alexander Jackson requesting his assessment of the spring 1927 Chicago mayoral race between Republican William Emmett Dever and Democrat William Hale Thompson. DuBois is particularly interested in attitudes among African…
