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Who is he? What did he do? How does St. Croix honor him or how did St. Croix honor him?
Hello,
The islands were Danish when Jackson sought freedom of the press, not American.
"Jackson was well received in Denmark and was given permission to print a newspaper. Jackson returned from Denmark and began the first free press publication on St. Croix, void of all the strict censorship the Danish government subsidized publications had enforced for years. The Herald’s first issue appeared on November 1, 1915."
And other achievements of Jackson's are:
"One of his great contributions was the organization of the first labor union on St. Croix. He envisioned discussions and development rather then the mass physical uprisings of the past. His commitment to the local freedom movement from the strict labor laws that confined free people to work for a few land owners in poor conditions immortalized him as the “black moses”.
Jackson served on the Colonial Council of St. Croix from 1923-1927 and on the Municipal Council of St. Croix in 1941 and 1945. During these terms he often served as a spokesperson, traveling to the nation’s capital to speak on pertinent issues affecting the new US territory like citizenship for the island’s people and voting rights.
He served as a judge of the Municipal Court of St. Croix from 1931-1941 and was privileged to have played a prominent role in the development of the 1936 Organic Act, the body of laws that replaced the Colonial Law of 1906. He attained his law degree from the University of Indiana at Indianapolis; he provided legal services, often without charge, to his people. He was also a member of the St. Croix School Board."
I copied Islander's answer.
R Norman
This might help:
http://www.onepaper.com/stjohnvi/?v=d&i=&s=News:Local&p=1104555820
