Joseph H. Jackson

CTL-E-0366 · Person · 1900–1990

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago, 1941-1990; president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. 1953-1982; leading Black clerical voice against direct-action civil rights tactics.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001, SCI-004; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-195, CTL-DR-SCI-004:joseph-h-jackson; source research type(s): Person, leader.

Sources

https://www.preservationchicago.org/olivet-baptist-church/
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University (Jackson, Joseph Harrison biography page)
BlackPast.org (reprint of the 1964 address text)
Chicago Freedom Movement digital archive, Middlebury College (biographical note)
Patheos/Anxious Bench blog (guest contributor), citing the New York Times, October 18, 1962
European Journal of American Studies, 'Missions of Patriotism: Joseph H. Jackson and Martin Luther King' (peer-reviewed article)

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