Ellen Swepson Jackson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ellen Swepson Jackson

American educator and activist

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1935

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 20-Nov-2005

Profession: educator, activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ellen Swepson Jackson (1935 – 2005) was an American educator and activist.
She is best known for founding Operation Exodus, a program that bused students from overcrowded, predominantly black Boston schools to less crowded, predominantly white schools in the 1960s.
The program paved the way for the desegregation of Boston's public schools.