Mae Jackson (mai waka)

 

Mae Jackson (mai waka)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Earle (en) , 3 ga Janairu, 1946 (80 shekaru)
Ƙabila	Afirkawan Amurka
Sana'a
Sana'a	maiwaƙe da Malami

Mae Jackson (an haife shi a watan Janairu 3, 1946) mawaƙi ne kuma ɗan gwagwarmaya Ba-Amurke.

Rayuwa

An haifi Jackson a Earle, Arkansas, a ranar 3 ga Janairu, 1946. Ta girma a New Orleans, ta zama mai fafutuka tun tana karama. Tana da shekaru 11, ta shiga kauracewa NAACP na shagunan New Orleans iri-iri. Iyalinta daga baya sun koma Brooklyn, kuma ta yi aiki a sashin Brooklyn na Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). An kore ta daga makarantar sakandaren ta, Sarah J. Hale Vocational High School da ke Brooklyn, bayan ta musulunta, kuma ba ta halarci bikin kammala sakandaren ta makonni biyu bayan haka, inda ta halarci zanga-zanga.

Jackson yayi karatu a Sabuwar Makaranta don Binciken Zamantakewa a cikin 1966-67, kuma yayi aiki a matsayin memba na ma'aikaci na ƙasa na Kwamitin Gudanar da Haɗin Kai na Student (SNCC). Ta taimaka wajen tsara Kwamitin 'Yancin Mata Baƙar fata a cikin Janairu 1969.

Aikin farko na Jackson da aka buga shi ne ɗan gajeren labari, "Na tuna Omar", wanda aka buga a Negro Digest a watan Yuni 1969. Tarin ta Can I Poet With You, ya bayyana a 1969 kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Conrad Kent Rivers Memorial Award ta 1970 ta mujallar Negro Digest (wanda aka sake masa suna Black World a waccan shekarar). Dudley Randall 's Broadside Press ne ya buga ta. An rubuta waƙar ta a cikin Black Ruhohi (1971), Black Out Loud (1971) da The Poetry of Black America (1974) Ta rubuta wa jaridu da mujallu ciki har da Black World, Essence, Black Creation, da Black Scholar .

A farkon 1970s Jackson ya koma koyarwa, na farko a matsayin mataimakiyar makarantar reno da malamin kindergarten sannan ya koyar da rubuce-rubucen kirkire-kirkire a karamar makarantar sakandare. Ta kasance memba na Brewery Puppet Troupe a cikin 1974 – 75, kuma ta shiga cikin Negro Ensemble Company Workshop Playwrights. A cikin 1975 ta zama ma'aikaciyar zamantakewar kotu a Kotun Iyali ta Brooklyn. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai koyarwa a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Cell Block, Bronx Men's House of Detention, Queens Men's House of Detention, Metropolitan Correctional Facilities, Loft Film and Theater Center, South Jamaica Senior Citizens Center.

Ayyuka

Waka

• Zan iya Mawaƙi tare da ku . (New York: Buga ta Black Dialogue Publishers / Buga ta Afro-Arts, 1969. Gabatarwa ta Nikki Giovanni .

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