American to win a Cuyahoga County-wide election. Not only did Jackson blaze electoral trails for black Americans, he also employed the legal justice system to combat segregation. Jackson was at a bar association meeting in the Hollenden Hotel in 1935, he sued the hotel, receiving $350 in damages after he was refused service. He was involved in the local NAACP and Urban League of Greater Cleveland. Jackson was very active in his community, serving in many organizations across Northeast Ohio, including the NAACP, the Cleveland Area Church Federation, Goodwill Industries and the Boy Scouts of America. A scholarship in his name continues to assist Zanesville High School graduates with their college expenses. See also List of African-American jurists List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Ohio References 1896 births 1986 deaths Case Western Reserve University alumni Ohio state court judges Cleveland Municipal Court judges Lawyers from Cleveland 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers African-American men in politics