Interview With EW Jackson

E. W. Jackson, Sr. launched Staying True to America's National Destiny (STAND), a national grassroots organization dedicated to restoring America's Judeo-Christian history, faith and values and preserving its Christian culture. Its signature project is establishing January as "American History Month", a time for celebrating the nobility of our nation's founding and history. He is originally from Chester, Pennsylvania. After three years in the U.S. Marine Corp, he attended the University of Massachusetts (Boston), graduating Summa Cum Laude with a B. A. in 1975. He finished college in three years, and was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa Key. A 1978 graduate of Harvard Law School, he also studied theology at Harvard Divinity School and was licensed to preach by Ebenezer Baptist Church in Boston. Shortly after graduating from law school he became a Deputy Commissioner of Banks for Massachusetts. He later served three years as Executive Director of the West Medford Community Center, a human service agency. He and his wife Theodora have been married 38 years, and reside in Chesapeake, Virginia.