Blyden Jackson (novelist) American Activist
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| Birthday |
2nd June, 1936
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| Birthplace |
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Died |
29th April, 2012
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| Place of Death |
Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Civil Rights activist, Marine, Author, Emergency Medical Technician
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| Occupation |
Activist
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Urban fiction, African-American literature
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Blyden Brown Jackson Jr. (June 2, 1936 – April 29, 2012) was an American civil rights activist, marine, author, and emergency medical technician. He is best known for his novels Operation Burning Candle and Totem. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and died in Bayonne, New Jersey. During his life he served in the US Marines, where his experiences helped shape the writing of Operation Burning Candle. He served as the chairman of the New Haven, Connecticut chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in the early-to-mid-1960s. He later founded and became the chairman of East River CORE, located on the east side of 125th Street in Harlem, in New York City.
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