Blyden Jackson (novelist)
Blyden Jackson | |
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| Born | June 2, 1936 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | April 29, 2012 (aged 75–76) Bayonne, New Jersey, United States |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
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Blyden Brown Jackson Jr. (June 2, 1936 – April 29, 2012) was an American civil rights activist, marine, author, and emergency medical technician.[1] He is best known for his novels Operation Burning Candle and Totem. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and died in Bayonne, New Jersey.[1] During his life he served in the US Marines, where his experiences helped shaped the writing of Operation Burning Candle.[2] He served as the chairman of the New Haven, Connecticut chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in the early-to-mid-1960s. He later founded and became the chairman of East River CORE, located on the east side of 125th street in Harlem, in New York City.[3]
His last novel, For One Day of Freedom, was published posthumously by ANTIBOOKCLUB in December 2021.
Education[edit]
Jackson took fiction writing classes at New York University where he was taught by Sidney Offit.[2]
Novels[edit]
- 1973: Operation Burning Candle
- 1975: Totem
- 2021: For One Day of Freedom
Media appearances[edit]
- 1974-05-04. "Novelist Blyden Jackson, an SCE writing student, discusses his 1973 novel Operation Burning Candle with host Walter James Miller".[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/obituary.aspx?n=blyden-brown-jackson&pid=157434793/ [dead link]
- ^ a b "Blyden Jackson | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC.
- ^ "Jackson, Blyden Brown, June 2, 1936– April 29, 2012". crdl.usg.edu.
- ^ "Blyden Jackson". The NYPR Archive Collections.
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- 1936 births
- 2012 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American male writers
- African-American novelists
- American male novelists
- Writers from New Haven, Connecticut
- Novelists from New York City
- Activists from New York (state)
- Activists from Connecticut
- Novelists from Connecticut
- American civil rights activists
- United States Marines
- New York University alumni
- 20th-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American people
- African-American male writers