Lillie May Carroll Jackson | |
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 Lillie M. Jackson, from a 1936 publication | |
| Born | May 25, 1889 |
| Died | July 5, 1975 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | civil rights activist, organizer of the Baltimore Branch of the NAACP |
Lillie May Carroll Jackson (May 25, 1889 – July 5, 1975), pioneer civil rights activist, organizer of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP. Invariably known as "Dr. Lillie", "Ma Jackson", and the "mother of the civil rights movement", Lillie May Carroll Jackson pioneered the tactic of non-violent resistance to racial segregation used by Martin Luther King Jr. and others during the early civil rights movement.