Jackson T. Davis, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jackson T. Davis

American educator

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1882

Date of Death: 15-Apr-1947

Profession: writer, teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jackson T.
Davis (September 25, 1882 – April 15, 1947) was an educator and author from Virginia.
In a career spanning 45 years in the first half of the 20th century, he became an international leader in African American education in the United States and Africa. Among his accomplishments was development of the Jeanes Foundation's Supervising Teacher Program, leadership of the General Education Board in New York City, (later part of the Rockefeller Foundation), and participation in the planning which led to the formation of the United Negro College Fund which helps support students attending historically black colleges and universities in the United States. The Jackson Davis Collection of over 5,000 photographs and numerous manuscripts and documents housed at the University of Virginia is one of the more comprehensive archives available for research on the topic of minority education during the Jim Crow era in the southern United States.