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Roberta Bowles Hodges Jackson

Roberta Jackson became the first Black tenure-track faculty member in UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Education in 1970, taught education, and later became the first tenured Black woman in the university's Division of Academic Affairs. The university's admissions building was named for her and her husband, Blyden Jackson, in honor of their service to Carolina.

Source: UNC-Chapel Hill: 225 years of Tar Heels: Blyden and Roberta Jackson

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Mass of Christian burial : Roberta Bowles Hodges Jackson, Ph.D., 23 February 1920-11 July 1999

1999 · Chapel of the Cross

The order of service for the funeral mass of Roberta Bowles Hodges Jackson, born 23 February 1920 and died 11 July 1999, celebrated at the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, which also printed it. The title gives her doctorate.

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  1. Roberta Jackson joins UNC's School of Education as its first Black tenure-track faculty member Roberta Jackson joined the UNC School of Education in 1970, a year after her husband Blyden Jackson joined the English department, as the school's first Black tenure-track faculty member. She earned tenure in 1974 and became the first tenured Black woman in the university's Division of Academic Affairs. People: Blyden JacksonSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: New residence hall to honor Blyden and Roberta Jackson
  2. UNC renames its admissions building Jackson Hall for Blyden and Roberta Jackson The university renamed the former Navy Hall and Monogram Club building on Country Club Road, home of the admissions office since 1972, as Blyden and Roberta Jackson Hall. The Jacksons had retired from teaching in 1981. People: Roberta Bowles Hodges JacksonSearch the index · Carolina Story: Blyden (1910-2000) and Roberta Jackson (1920-1999) and Jackson Hall
  3. Reviewers turn down the Blyden and Roberta Jackson House as too recent Staff recommended against the Chapel Hill house, built about 1960, because the case for it rested on people still living and it did not meet the National Register test for properties less than fifty years old. The committee followed staff on July 8, 1999. People: Roberta Bowles Hodges JacksonSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: National Register Advisory Committee agendas, minutes and approved lists, p. 828
  4. UNC says a new residence hall will be named Jackson Hall for Blyden and Roberta Jackson UNC-Chapel Hill announced that one of two new residence halls, to be built on the site of the former Jackson Hall that housed undergraduate admissions, will be named Jackson Hall for Blyden and Roberta Jackson. The two halls will add about 730 beds. People: Blyden JacksonSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: New residence hall to honor Blyden and Roberta Jackson

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