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Remembering a tireless advocate: Johnny Jackson Jr.
this is a discussion within the NOLA Community Forum; There aren?t many first-generation civil rights leaders left in New Orleans, and we lost another one Jan. 24 when former City Councilman and state Rep. Johnny Jackson Jr. died after a battle with cancer at the age of 74. A ...
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Remembering a tireless advocate: Johnny Jackson Jr.
 There aren?t many first-generation civil rights leaders left in New Orleans, and we lost another one Jan. 24 when former City Councilman and state Rep. Johnny Jackson Jr. died after a battle with cancer at the age of 74.A tireless advocate for civil and human rights his entire life, Jackson was a consummate activist who reluctantly entered public life after serving as a community organizer in the Desire-Florida neighborhoods of New Orleans? hardscrabble Ninth Ward. Jackson grew up in Desire and knew its people and its struggles first hand.? |
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