Background
Jackson was born in Aiken, South Carolina, on April 1, 1907, and raised Methodist.
Jackson was born in Aiken, South Carolina, on April 1, 1907, and raised Methodist.
He promoted ideas of Afrocentrism, and Jesus Christ in comparative mythology. At the age of 15 he moved to Harlem, New York, where he enrolled in Stuyvesant High School. During this time, he became interested in African-American history and culture and began writing essays on the subject.
They were so impressive that in 1925, while still a high school student, Jackson was invited to write for Marcus Garvey"s newspaper, Negro World.
From 1930 onwards, Jackson became associated with a number of Pan-African historians, activists and writers, including Hubert Harrison, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, John Henrik Clarke, Willis Nathaniel Huggins and Joel Augustus Rogers. He also authored a number of books on African history, promoting a Pan-African and Afrocentrist view, such as and
He also wrote the controversial text,, which argued that Jesus may have been a black manitoba lieutenant was later published as a seven-page pamphlet.
During his life, Jackson also served as Associate Director of the Blyden Society and lectured at many colleges and universities throughout the United States.
He died on October 13, 1993. The African Origin of the Myths and Legends of the Garden of Eden.