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Johnny Jackson Jr. (September 19, 1943 – January 24, 2018) was an American politician, who served as
Louisiana State Representative
for district 101, between the years of 1971 to 1985, and a New Orleans City Councilman, fo
District E
between 1986 to 1994. Johnny Jackson Jr. was born September 19, 1943 at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, LA. He was the oldest son of Josephine Brown Jackson and Johnny Jackson, Sr., whereby he had three(3) brothers and two(2) sisters, by the names of Bruce, Brandon, Cynthia, Cheryl and Kevin. After he graduated from George W. Carver Senior High in 1961, he went on to earn his bachelor's degree from Southern University in New Orleans by 1965, and his master's degree in Social Work from Tulane University by 1980. In 1968, Johnny Jackson Jr. was appointed as the director of the Desire Community Center. The center provided young people with breakfast, tutoring, and mentoring programs, all supported by volunteers of the
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. From there, leaders of the political organization SOUL recruited him to run for the Louisiana State Legislature. When elected to represent District 101 in 1971, he was the Legislature's third African-American member. Soon after his election, Johnny became the New Orleans delegation's floor leader and he was a founding member of the state's Legislative Black Caucus. He served on the Louisiana State Legislature for 14 years. In 1986, Johnny Jackson was elected to the New Orleans City Council where he served for 8 years (two terms) due to term limitations. On the city council, Johnny headed the housing committee. He also drafted legislation aimed at ensuring equal treatment of the city's gay and lesbian communities. Johnny was a board member of Total Community Action Inc., New Orleans East Economic Development Foundation, Desire-Florida Area Community Council, Development Association of Wards and Neighborhoods, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, WWOZ, and the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club. He was married to Ara Jean Parker and together had children Kevin, Jeanne, Johnann, Kenyatta and Johnny Jahi. They adopted Samantha Spears and raised a host of other children. Jackson died on January 24, 2018.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Johnny Jr. 1945 births 2018 deaths Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives African-American state legislators in Louisiana 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people