|
| Affiliation | Democratic |
|
| Name | Shelby M. Jackson |
| Address |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
November 03, 1903
|
| Died | January 00, 1972
(68 years)
|
| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Jul 15, 2021 01:19pm |
| Tags |
|
| Info | Shelby M. Jackson (November 20, 1903-- January 1972) was a Democratic superintendent of public education in Louisiana who served from 1948-1964. In the early 1960s, he tried in vain to block federally-authorized school desegregation. Jackson was posthumously honored in 1994, by the naming of the "Shelby M. Jackson Memorial Campus" of Louisiana Technical College in Ferriday in his native Concordia Parish.
A former educator, Jackson was elected four times as his state's school superintendent. In his last reelection in April 1960, he overwhelmed the first Republican ever to seek the Louisiana superintendency, Centenary College professor Donald Emerich. Jackson polled 86.7 percent of the two-party vote, to Emerich's 13.3 percent. Jackson became well-known politically through his tenure as superintendent. For sixteen years, nearly every child's report card in the state bore Jackson's stenciled signature.
[Link] |
 | BOOKS |
 |
|
| Title |
Purchase |
Contributor |
|
| Start Date |
End Date |
Type |
Title |
Contributor |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
| INFORMATION LINKS |
|
|
|
