Yesterday's Architect · 1848–1918
Jordan C. Jackson Jr.
Born enslaved in Lexington, Kentucky, and self-taught, he co-founded Porter and Jackson in 1892, Lexington's first Black-owned undertaking and livery business, and was first superintendent of Greenwood Cemetery. He also practiced law, edited newspapers, opposed Kentucky's Separate Coach Law before the legislature in 1892, and served as a trustee of Berea College.
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People
- wife · 1871Eliza "Belle" Mitchell JacksonBEJ profile
- brotherJohn Henry JacksonBEJ profile
- business partner ofWilliam M. PorterBEJ profile
Institutions and enterprises
- member of · 1876; 1892Republican National Conventiondelegate-at-largeBEJ profile
- co-founded · 1892Porter and JacksonBEJ profile
- member of · 1905–1906National Negro Business LeagueExecutive CommitteeBEJ profile
- served on the board ofBerea Collegeonly Black trustee, twelve yearsBEJ profile
- co-foundedKentucky State Universitymember of the establishing committee; school opened 1877BEJ profile
- ledPorter and Jacksonbought out Porter and ran it aloneBEJ profile
- served on the board ofWilberforce Universitylay trusteeBEJ profile
Places
- born in · 1848Lexington, KentuckyBEJ profile
- buried at · 1918Cove Haven CemeteryBEJ profile
- died in · 1918Lexington, KentuckyBEJ profile
- ledDouglass Park (Lexington)chaired the committee that created itBEJ profile
- worked inGraves family plantation, Newtown Pikeborn enslaved there; freed 1864; returned to work three years for payBEJ profile
- ledGreenwood Cemetery (Lexington)founding member and first superintendentBEJ profile
Events
- member of · 1875National Negro Convention of 1875secretaryBEJ profile
- lived through · 1892Kentucky Separate Coach Law fight (1891–1892)spoke against it before the legislature; chaired State ConventionBEJ profile
Themes
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