Robert Jackson, Jr.

Robert Jackson, Jr. was born on January 7, 1951 in Auburn, Alabama and died October 16, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia at 71 years of age. He attended the Northfield Mount Hermon preparatory school in Gill, Massachusetts where he graduated in 1969. He then attended Stanford University in Stanford, California and later earned his Bachelor’s Degree at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Massachusetts. He married Carolyn Jackson (Stewart) in 1971 and the couple had two sons Marcus Jackson and Maceo Jackson born in 1973 and 1975 respectively. Robert worked for many years in engineering and as an Operations Manager for Digital Equipment Corporation in Westfield, Massachusetts. He later became an entrepreneur and obtained a Master’s Degree from Georgia State University and followed by a Doctorate from Walden University. His professional experience included working as a Director of Purchasing & Auxiliary Services for Tuskegee University, Director of Continuous Improvement for the U.S. Department of Defense, Business Manager at South Georgia Manufacturing Operations, CEO of Rural Health Medical Program in Selma, Alabama and most recently as an Instructor and Faculty Advisor at Trenholm State Community College. Robert was also an author who published on the subject of positive social change through education and economic development with particular focus on human rights, universal healthcare, voting rights and opposing racial discrimination. For the past 17 years Robert lived at his home in Shorter, Alabama where he embraced and was embraced by his neighbors and the greater community. Throughout most of his life Robert was committed to his Muslim faith and attended services in nearby Tuskegee, Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama. He was preceded in death by his father Robert Jackson, Sr., his mother Marie Jackson (Woodall) and his brother Ralph Jackson. He is survived by his sons Marcus Jackson and Maceo Jackson as well his brother Curtis Harvey, nephews Curtis Harvey, Jr. and Sean Thompson and his niece Michelle Harvey as well as numerous other extended family members.