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Inez Jackson (January 9, 1907 – November 19, 1993) was an American activist, teacher, and postal worker. After earning a teaching degree at Langston University, she taught school in Shawnee, Oklahoma. When her husband was obliged to serve during World War II at the Oakland shipyards, she relocated to California, but as an African American, was unable to secure work as a teacher. Refusing to work as a domestic servant, she worked in the agricultural sector picking fruit. She became the first Black postal clerk hired in San Jose, California, in 1949. As an activist, she was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Young Women's Christian Association (YMCA), and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and fought for civil rights issues, arguing against discriminatory policies like redlining and unequal education, employment, and organizational policies. As a pacifist, she encouraged non-violent demonstration. From 1969 to 1973 she was president of the local branch of the NAACP and was president of the area YWCA from 1973 to 1976. She was a founder of the African American Community Service Agency in 1978, and the library located in the facility was named in her honor in 1995.