Roberta H. Jackson and Blyden Jackson papers, 1955-1991.

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Roberta H. Jackson and Blyden Jackson papers, 1955-1991.

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Office files, correspondence, and other papers relating to African American college teachers Roberta H. Jackson and Blyden Jackson. Most papers relate to Blyden Jackson's teaching of and research on African American literature in the English Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or to his work recruiting minority students as Assistant Dean/Special Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School. Other papers relate to Blyden Jackson's work as a member of faculty committees and still others result from his other activities, including editing the Journal of Southern Literature and serving on the North Carolina Humanities Council. Also included are letters, 1959-1963, that Blyden Jackson wrote while teaching at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., to Roberta H. Jackson, in Bluefield, W.Va.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Jackson, Roberta H.

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Roberta Bowles Hodges Jackson was the first African American woman appointed to the faculty of the Academic Affairs Division of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a tenure track position. Four years later, in 1974, she was the first African American woman to achieve tenure. Her husband, Blyden Jackson, was the University's first African American full professor. Roberta H. Jackson taught in the School of Education. Blyden Jackson taught in the English Department and w...

North Carolina Humanities Council

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Southern University and A & M College

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Jackson, Blyden

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of English.

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