Jesse Jackson (1909 - 1976)

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Andrew Jackson Daguerreotype

Added: May 30, 2020

Larry Jackson

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Katherine C. (Koeffler) Jackson

Added: Dec 20, 2019

Barbara McNair, Elvis and Mahalia Jackson

Added: Oct 27, 2019

Back of Charles Jackson's YMCA postcard

Added: Oct 11, 2019

YMCA World War I postcard

Added: Oct 11, 2019

Zachary Tyler Jackson

Added: Apr 20, 2019

Zachary Tyler Jackson

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Zachary Tyler Jackson

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Zachary Tyler Jackson

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Zachary Tyler Jackson

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Zachary Tyler Jackson

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Zachary Tyler Jackson

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Zachary Tyler Jackson

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Zachary Tyler Jackson

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In 1909, in the year that Jesse Jackson was born, explorer Robert Peary, a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, claimed to have been the first to have reached the geographic North Pole. His claim has been disputed for over a century - some say that he ended up 60 miles from the North Pole. Peary was the only navigator on his team and he didn't submit his records for public review.

In 1924, when this person was merely 15 years old, Macy's department store in New York held its first "Thanksgiving parade" on November 27th at 9a - during church services but leaving plenty of time to attend the big football game between Syracuse and Columbia universities. The parade was held as a way to promote the opening of the “World’s Largest Store” and its 1 million square feet of retail space in Manhattan’s Herald Square. The parade was 6 miles long and included floats, Macy's employees dressed as clowns, cowboys, and sword-wielding knights, and animals from Central Park Zoo. Santa Claus, of course, brought up the rear - opening the Christmas shopping season for Macy's.

In 1955, when this person was 46 years old, on September 30th, movie star James Dean, 24, died in a car accident. He was headed in his new Porsche 550 to a race in Salinas California when, traveling at 85 mph, he collided with a 1950 Ford Tudor, also speeding, driven by a 23 year old college student. Dean died, his passenger and the other driver survived.

In 1965, by the time this person was 56 years old, the television show "I Spy" premiered in the fall season on NBC. The stars were Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, making Cosby the first African American to headline a television show. Four stations - in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama - refused to air the show.

In 1976, in the year of Jesse Jackson's passing, The United States celebrated the Bicentennial of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It was a year long celebration, with the biggest events taking place on July 4th.