Maurice Jackson Papers
File
Identifier: GTM-100510
The Maurice Jackson Papers consist of research files and printed materials produced and collected by Georgetown University history professor Maurice Jackson. A series of subject files maintained by Dr. Jackson include materials concerning the history of Washington, D.C., civil rights, and the Washington, D.C. race massacres of 1919 and 1968. Printed materials included in this collection pertain to African American history, communism, socialism, Marxism, Jewish affairs, the Soviet Union, and labor issues.
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Dr. Maurice Jackson is a professor of history, African American studies, and music at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He earned a B.A. in Economics from Antioch College and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Georgetown University. He is an expert on African American History, Atlantic History, and jazz music. Dr. Jackson in the author of the book "Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism," published in 2009.
Dr. Jackson has also edited a number of works, including "African-Americans and the Haitian Revolution" (2010), "Quakers and Their Allies in the Abolitionist Cause, 1754-1808," (2015), and "DC Jazz: Stories and Jazz Music in Washington, DC" (2018). He has lectured in several countries, including France, Italy, Turkey, and Qatar.
Dr. Jackson has been involved with local government in the nation's capital and served as the Inaugural Chair of the D.C. Commission on African Ameican Affairs, a post he held from 2013 to 2016. Dr. Jackson was inducted into the "Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame" in 2009. He has been a member on Georgetown University's Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Working Group.
[Source: Georgetown University History Department Website].
4 Cubic Feet (6 boxes)
English
The collection has been arranged into two series. The subject files have been put in alphabetical order. The original order of the printed materials has been maintained.
Gift of Maurice Jackson, 2010-2022
The collection combines the following accessions: GTM-100510, GTM-100830, GTM-130715, and GTM-20220801.
The collection was rehoused into archival-quality boxes and folders when it was received.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository