Blyden Jackson (novelist)
Blyden Brown Jackson Jr. (1937 – April 29, 2012) was an American Civil Rights activist, Marine, Author, and Emergency Medical Technician.[1] He is best known for his novels Operation Burning Candle and Totem. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and died in Bayonne, New Jersey.[1] During his life he served in the US Marines, where his experiences helped shaped the writing of Operation Burning Candle.[2] He served as the chairman of the New Haven, Connecticut chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in the early-to-mid-1960s. He later founded and became the chairman of East River CORE, located on the east side of 125th street in Harlem, in New York City.[3] He dated Eleanor Holmes Norton in the 1960s.[4] After writing Operation Burning Candle and Totem he was interested in writing a novel about Bellevue Hospital.[2]
Blyden Jackson | |
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Born | 1937 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | April 29, 2012 74–75) Bayonne, New Jersey, United States | (aged
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Language | English |
Nationality | American |
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Education
Jackson took fiction writing classes at New York University where he was taught by Sidney Offit.[2]
Novels
- 1973. Operation Burning Candle
- 1975. Totem
Media appearances
- 1974-05-04. "Novelist Blyden Jackson, an SCE writing student, discusses his 1973 novel Operation Burning Candle with host Walter James Miller".[5]
References
- https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/obituary.aspx?n=blyden-brown-jackson&pid=157434793/
- "Blyden Jackson | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC.
- "Jackson, Blyden Brown, 1937-2012". crdl.usg.edu.
- Lester, Joan Steinau; Norton, Eleanor Holmes (January 6, 2004). "Fire in My Soul". Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.
- "Blyden Jackson". The NYPR Archive Collections.