Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson

Lillie May Carroll Jackson (May 25, 1889 – July 5, 1975), pioneer civil rights activist, organizer of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP. Invariably known as "Dr. Lillie", "Ma Jackson", and the "mother of the civil rights movement", Lillie May Carroll Jackson pioneered the tactic of non-violent resistance to racial segregation used by Martin Luther King and others during the early civil rights movement.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 25, 1889
Birth place
Maryland , Baltimore
Date of deathJuly 05, 1975
Place of death
Maryland , Baltimore
Known for
Civil and political rights
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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External resources

  1. http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bal-blackhistory-jackson,0,485558.story
  2. http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2004/09/13/story2.html
  3. http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=2483
  4. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21128987
  5. http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/970324/mitchell.html
  6. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013500/013566/html/msa13566.html
  7. http://www.naacpbaltimore.org