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Jackson, Jesse, 1941-

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Commencement Committee records

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Identifier: A054
Overview Records of the Northeastern University Commencement Committee document commencement ceremonies between 1912 and 2002. The first series documents eligible degree candidates and is restricted. The second series contains information about Northeastern University commencement ceremonies, including planning and publicity efforts, the students who were in the ceremonies, and the individuals who received honorary degrees and gave addresses. Included are scattered commencement addresses,...
Dates: 1912-2002

Ford Hall Forum audio tapes

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Identifier: M071
Overview The Ford Hall Forum is the nation's oldest free public lecture series. It provides a non-partisan platform for open discussion and debate on topics of public interest. The Ford Hall Forum was started in 1908 by George W. Coleman, a Boston business man and president of the Boston Baptist Social Union (BBSU), as a free series of public lectures designed to engage the public on a diverse range of issues. The model was an opening lecture, and then questions from the audience. Ford Hall Forum was...
Dates: 1961-1998

Joseph D. Warren papers

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Identifier: M087
Overview African American politician and educator Joseph David Warren was born to Geroldine McDaniel Warren and Harold H. Warren in Harlem, New York on April 2, 1938. In 1979, he organized what became known as the "Warren Commission," a political advocacy group that worked to improve the social and economic conditions of minority groups and to ensure that their needs were represented in the Massachusetts and federal governments. Warren served as a political aide and advisor to Michael S. Dukakis...
Dates: 1972-2003; Majority of material found within 1980-1990

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Affirmative Action programs -- Minorities -- Employment 1
African American economists -- Massachusetts 1
African American educators -- Massachusetts 1
African American political consultants -- Massachusetts 1
African Americans -- Politics and Government -- 1951- 1