Black Women Taught Us

Join us for a live lecture with Jenn M. Jackson, Ph.D., on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 4:30 - 6 p.m. in the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Ed.D., Room LL32. Jackson, an abolitionist, organizer, and writer who is an assistant professor at Syracuse University, will explore a critical analysis of the overlooked role of Black women in freedom fighting.

Jackson is the courageous author of Black Women Taught Us, a collection of eleven essays highlighting the legacy of Black women writers and leaders. Let's celebrate their contributions to radical gender and sexual justice.

Jackson (they/them) is a gender flux androgynous Black woman, a lesbian, an abolitionist, a lover of all Black people, and an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University in the Department of Political Science. Jackson’s primary research is in Black Politics with a focus on racial threat and trauma, gender and sexuality, political behavior, policing, and social movements. Jackson holds affiliate positions in African American Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and LGBT Studies. They are a Senior Research Associate at The Campbell Public Affairs Institute at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, as well.

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