Jacqueline Lavinia "Jackie" Jackson is an American author and peace activist.
11 Facts About Jacqueline Jackson
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Jacqueline Jackson wrote Loving You, Thinking of You, Don't Forget to Pray, a compilation of letters she had sent to her son Jesse Jackson Jr.
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Jacqueline Jackson's mother married Navy Chief Petty Officer Julius Frances Brown Sr.
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Jacqueline Jackson considered becoming a nun when she was a teenager, but eventually decided not to pursue that path.
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In 1979, Jacqueline Jackson traveled with activist Jack O'Dell to Beirut to speak to Palestinian leaders, including Yasser Arafat.
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In 2001, Jacqueline Jackson was arrested at Camp Garcia Vieques in Vieques, Puerto Rico with nine other activists for misdemeanor trespassing while protesting the United States Navy's bombing tests in the area.
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Jacqueline Jackson was ordered to comply with a strip search and body cavity search; while she lifted her breasts and undressed, she would not comply with the body cavity search.
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Jacqueline Jackson was held in jail in San Juan for 10 days, refusing to post the $3000 bail.
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Jacqueline Jackson was criticized for wearing designer attire and for her "extravagant taste in fashion", wearing dresses by Cuban designer Adolfo, American designer Bill Blass, and Greek designer James Galanos.
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On December 31,1962, in her sophomore year, the 18-year-old Jacqueline Jackson married Jesse at his parents' home.
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Jacqueline Jackson owned a home with Jesse on the South Side of Chicago worth $100,000.