Mance Jackson (Pastor), along with three other Pastors, Samuel B. McKenney, John Hurst and Lemuel Petersen of the Greater Seattle Council of Churches, were Civil Rights advocates in Seattle, Washington. During a meeting in 1963, the four Pastors asked more than 70 pastors, rabbis and priest, most of them white, to join African American Civil Rights advocates in a march to address an open-housing ordinance that would ensure that persons would not be discriminated against on the basis of color when buying or renting homes and apartments in the City. The Pastors were successful in gaining support of other Pastors, both black and white. They were influenced by what was going on in the south in the marches held in Birmingham, Alabama. In Seattle, their march also addressed concerns of discrimination around segregation, employment and the quality of education.
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Church Affiliation:Bethel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; Interdenominational Theological Center of the Christian Methodist Episcopal
Role in the Movement:Mance Jackson (Pastor) was a Civil Rights advocate in Seattle, Washington.
Birth Place: Mount Pleasant, OH
Born Date:July 2, 1925
Deceased Date:March 16, 2007
Place Lived as Adult:Seattle, WA; Atlanta, GA
Church Location:Seattle, WA; Atlanta, GA