Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum

Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum (HM3XJ)

Location: Baltimore, MD 21217
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 18.261', W 76° 37.619'

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"God opened my mouth and no man can shut it." With this firm belief in God and herself, "Ma" Jackson acieved extraordinary success in securing equal rights for blacks in Baltimore and Maryland. Born in 1889, she began fighting for black equality and civil rights in the late 1920's after several personal incidents of discrimination.

President of Baltimore's NAACP chapter from 1935-69, Mrs. Jackson expanded it into the largest chapter in the nation by 1946. Under her leadership, and with the helf of the NAACP's Legal Redress Committee, the chapter desegregated the city's private and public facilities, worked for equal employment opportunities, secured the election of blacks to public office, and removed Jim Crow laws. The organization also equalized teachers' salaries throughout the state and, in a series of cased from 1935-50, opened the University of Maryland to blacks.

Mrs. Jackson believed in the powers of the church, school, and home to shape character. She desired ultimately to join blacks and white in a single, unified community; for, as she said, "You can't have freedom and equality without brotherhood, and you can't have brotherhood without freedom and equality." Lillie May Carroll Jackson died on July 5, 1975.

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An NAACP delegation led by Dr. Lillie Carroll Jackson and W.A.C. Hughes in a protest hearing before the liqous board, 1957.
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HM NumberHM3XJ
Series This marker is part of the Maryland: Baltimore City Historical Markers series
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Placed ByThe City of Baltimore, Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum, sponsor and William Donald Schaefer, mayor
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Date Added Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 at 7:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 359718 N 4351813
Decimal Degrees39.30435000, -76.62698333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 18.261', W 76° 37.619'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 18' 15.66" N, 76° 37' 37.14" W
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Area Code(s)410
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1314 Eutaw Pl, Baltimore MD 21217, US
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