Native Mobilian and Former BSCC Student to Speak at MLK Program
January 7th, 2009 – The Rev. James Anthony Jackson, a native Mobilian who attended Bishop State Community College and later received a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Tuskegee University, will be the keynote speaker at the "Keeping the Dream Alive" program of Bishop State on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Jackson is the founder and senior pastor of the New Beginnings Fellowship Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Held each year in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, the program will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Yvonne Kennedy Auditorium of the Baker-Gaines Central Campus located at 1365 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Admission is free. For more information, call 405-7135.
While at Tuskegee University and at age 20, Jackson received his call to ministry and went on to enroll in Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology of Virginia Union University in Richmond, Va., where he received his Master of Divinity degree. In December 2007, he received a doctoral degree from United Theological Seminary.
New Beginnings Fellowship Church opened its doors on March 7, 2004. Since its conception, the church has completed the construction of a $5.6 million worship facility and has a membership of more than 3,000.
Jackson is the chaplain for the Indiana Pacers and has conducted chaplain services for the Indianapolis Colts and other NFL teams. He also does a weekly radio broadcast. Jackson is the son of the Rev. Michael Jackson, pastor of Aimwell Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile, and Mrs. Barbara Thomas Jackson of Mobile.
King, the most eloquent black leader of the 20th century, spearheaded the campaign in 1957 to end segregation. He made his famous "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He would have turned 80 years old Jan. 15, 2009, had he not been struck down by an assassin's bullet on April 4, 1968.
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Contact:
Herb Jordan
Director of Public Relations
P: (251) 405-7135
F: (251) 432-7812
hjordan@bishop.edu
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