[1] Jackson attended Temple University theological school for one semester[3] before moving to California becoming a Baptist preacher, a job he later left to pursue film making.
[5][6] While the low budget film performed well, it did not earn money personally for Jackson so he continued with his education at Los Angeles City College.
Later he got a job as a recreational director for Los Angeles city school, then as a music cutter's apprentice for Paramount while he wrote the script for The Bus Is Coming.
[1] With the help of a Paramount executive, in 1970 he formed K-Calb Productions (black spelled backwards) initially to produce The Bus Is Coming with Wendell James Franklin as director.
Jackson and his family were evicted from their home and production of the film ceased for a period to raise more funds.