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| Creator: | Dennis, Michael |
| Title: | Luther Porter Jackson (1892-1950) |
| Date: | 1892-1950 |
| Description: | Entry on African American historian and civil rights activist Luther Porter Jackson who authored Free Negro Labor and Property Holding in Virginia, 1830-1860 (1942). He helped found the Petersburg League of Negro Voters in 1935 and worked to desegregate Richmond's public transit system. Includes photographs, a brief list of suggested readings, and a timeline. |
| Types: | Articles | Black-and-white photographs | Timelines (chronologies) |
| Subjects: | Jackson, Luther Porter, 1892-1950 | Historians--Virginia | African American civil rights workers--Virginia | Virginia State College--Faculty | Virginia |
| Collection: | Encyclopedia Virginia |
| Institution: | Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |
| Contributors: | Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |
| Online Publisher: | Charlottesville, Va. : Virginia Foundation for the Humanities | 2011 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Jackson_Luther_Porter_1892-1950 |
