John Glover Jackson (April 1, 1907 – October 13, 1993) was an American Pan-Africanist historian, lecturer, teacher and writer.
His work was noticed and in 1925, while still a high school student, Jackson was invited to write for Marcus Garvey's newspaper, Negro World.
[2] From 1930 onwards, Jackson became associated with a number of Pan-African historians, activists and writers, including Hubert Harrison, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, John Henrik Clarke, Willis Nathaniel Huggins, Joel Augustus Rogers, and Marcus Garvey.
[6] During the five decades that he lived in New York, Jackson lectured at the Robert G. Ingersoll Forum of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism.
[7] Throughout his life, Jackson also served as associate director of the Blyden Society and lectured at many colleges and universities throughout the United States.