Background
She was born to Charles and Cora Ruth Richardson, and grew up in Richmond.
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Valerie Jackson
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In 1963 she was one of the first black students admitted into her high school, from which she graduated in 1967. She went on to major in business management at Virginia Commonwealth University (Bachelor of Business Administration 1971), and continued her studies at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (Master of Business Administration 1973).
Career
She is the widow of former Atlanta, Georgia mayor Maynard Jackson. From there she worked in executive capacities for Grey Advertising and Transport World Airlines. Richardson first met Maynard Jackson, at that time the first black mayor of Atlanta, in 1976 at a party hosted by singer Roberta Flack.
During her husband"s tenure as mayor, she served as advisor to the city"s economic development program, bringing to Atlanta such national and international events as the 1988 Democratic National Convention and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Both of them led the Maynard Jackson Youth Foundation, and Mistress Jackson serving on the board for Alliance for a New Humanity.
After her husband"s death in 2003, Mistress Jackson started hosting a radio show on WABE, the National Public Radio station in Atlanta, called Between the Lincolnshire.
Politics
On the show, she interviews notable intellectuals in the world community who help the world through a variety of outlets, such as politics, literature and the media. Among the subjects Jackson has interviewed include Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Deepak Chopra, Sidney Poitier and Iyanla Vanzant.
