Mae Jackson (born January 3, 1946) is an African-American poet and activist.
[2] Jackson studied at the New School for Social Research in 1966–67, and worked as a national staff member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
[3] She helped to organize the Black Women's Liberation Committee in January 1969.
She was a member of the Brewery Puppet Troupe in 1974–75, and took part in the Negro Ensemble Company Playwrights Workshop.
She has also worked as an instructor at Cell Block Theatre, Bronx Men's House of Detention, Queens Men's House of Detention, Metropolitan Correctional Facilities, Loft Film and Theatre Center, and South Jamaica Senior Citizens Center.