Alphonse J. Jackson
| Alphonse J. Jackson, Jr. | |
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Undated Jackson photo
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| Louisiana State Representative from District 2 (Caddo Parish) |
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In office 1972–1992 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 27, 1927 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | December 23, 2014 (aged 87) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Southern Memorial Gardens in Baton Rouge |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Rubye H. Jackson (divorced) |
| Children |
From first marriage: Andrea M. Archie |
| Parents | Alphonse J., Sr., and Mattie P. Beaner Jackson |
| Residence | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Religion | Missionary Baptist |
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | Cleanup of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1946) |
At-large delegation:
Lonnie O. Aulds
Algie D. Brown
Frank Fulco
P.J. Mills
Jimmy Strain
Dayton H. Waller, Jr.
Single-member district:
(1) Rubye H. Jackson (divorced)
From first marriage:
Angela Eileen Jackson
Lydia P. Jackson
Alphonse J. Jackson, Jr. (November 27, 1927 – December 23, 2014), was an educator and civil rights activist who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 2 in his native Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana. He was a charter member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, which was established in 1977.
Born in Shreveport, young Jackson labored during summers picking cotton and baling hay on the farm of his maternal grandfather, Sam Beaner. He also worked at the family-owned Beaner's Grocery and the Phillips 66 service station on Line Avenue, operated by his father, Alphonse Jackson, Sr. (1907-1983). Upon his graduation from the historically black Central High School in Shreveport, he entered Southern University in Baton Rouge, another historically black institution, at which he was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Drafted into the United States Army, he was among the military personnel deployed to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to engage in cleanup from the atomic bombs dropped in 1945. After his military service, Jackson returned to Southern University to obtain in 1951 his Bachelor of Arts in social studies. Thereafter, he attended New York University, from which he acquired in 1961 a Master of Arts degree in secondary education administration.
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