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Architecture & Planning

Pioneering African-American Architect: L. Quincy Jackson

Notes

Part 1: Formative Background

  1. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” in African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945, ed. Dreck Spurlock Wilson (Routledge, 2004), 225.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Wikipedia contributors, “Wilberforce University,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilberforce_University&oldid=1071509040 (accessed February 25, 2022).
  7. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 225.
  8. Ibid.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid., 226.
  12. Ibid., 225.

Part 2: Professional Development

  1. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 225–226.
  2. Anita G. Arnold, “Second Street,” The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=SE004 (accessed February 20, 2022).
  3. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 226.
  4. Ibid., 227.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Ibid.
  7. Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, “Legacy,” https://architecture.ou.edu/legacy (accessed February 21, 2022).
  8. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 226.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. Ibid.
  13. Ibid.
  14. Ibid.
  15. Ibid.
  16. Ibid., 227.
  17. Ibid., 226–227.
  18. Ibid.
  19. Ibid., 227.
  20. As hailed by a local newspaper quoted by Gabbert in his profile.
  21. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 227.

Part 3: Defining Works & Legacy

  1. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 227.
  2. Wikipedia contributors. “Tennessee State University,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_State_University (accessed February 24, 2022). 
  3. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 227.
  4. Wikipedia contributors. “Tennessee State University,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_State_University#Academics (accessed February 24, 2022). 
  5. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 227.
  6. Historic Nashville Inc. “Historic Nashville Announces 2015 Nashville Nine,” Historic Nashville, September 22, 2015, https://www.historicnashvilleinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-Nashville-Nine-Press-Release_FINAL-1.pdf (accessed February 13, 2022).
  7. Docomomo US, “L. Quincy Jackson,” Docomomo US, https://www.docomomo-us.org/designer/l-quincy-jackson (accessed February 13, 2022).
  8. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 227.
  9. (Advertisement, page 2: “L. Quincy Jackson & Associates, Architects, Nashville, Tennessee, Detroit, Michigan,”) Fountainhead for Champions: Homecoming at Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University, November 24, 1966, https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=football-programs-60s (accessed February 24, 2022). 
  10. Docomomo US, “L. Quincy Jackson,” Docomomo US, https://www.docomomo-us.org/designer/l-quincy-jackson (accessed February 13, 2022).
  11. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 227.
  12. Sean L. Maloney, “Leon Jackson, 1969-2016: Local Electronic Music Community Remembers a Pioneer,” Nashville Scene, November 29, 2016, https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/leon-jackson-1969-2016-local-electronic-music-community-remembers-a-pioneer/article_c1fca916-bdcb-5149-a698-33dabc30f86d.html (accessed February 13, 2022).
  13. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 227.
  14. “Historic Nashville Announces 2015 Nashville Nine,” Historic Nashville, https://www.historicnashvilleinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-Nashville-Nine-Press-Release_FINAL-1.pdf (accessed February 13, 2022).
  15. KFOR-TV. “Historical structure destroyed in early morning fire.” KFOR-TV, August 23, 2013, https://kfor.com/news/historical-structure-destroyed-in-early-morning-fire/ (accessed February 13, 2022).
  16. Ibid.
  17. James Gabbert, “Leon Quincy Jackson (1926–1995),” African American Architects, 227.

Photo Credits

Title Picture: Source unknown.

Wilberforce University: Middleton Wallace & Co./Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/95507830/.

Seaton Hall and Seaton Court: Timothy Hursley/BNIM Architects, https://www.archdaily.com/902451/kansas-state-university-college-of-architecture-planning-and-design-ennead-architects-plus-bnm.

Dr. Gravely E. Finley Building: Photographer Unknown/Okie Mod Squad, https://okcmod.com/architecture/rip/finley-building/.

Gould Hall: Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture/University of Oklahoma, https://gibbs.oucreate.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Gould.jpg.

Pagoda of Medicine: Garland Miller Gallaspy/Historic Nashville, https://www.historicnashvilleinc.org/nashville-9/pagoda-of-medicine/.

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