Jesse Benjamin Jackson ( November 19 , 1871 – December 4 , 1947 ) was a United States consul and an important eyewitness to the Armenian Genocide . He served as consul in Aleppo when the city was the junction of many important deportation routes . Jackson concluded that the policies towards the Armenians were " without doubt a carefully planned scheme to thoroughly extinguish the Armenian race . " He considered the " wartime anti-Armenian measures " to be a " gigantic plundering scheme as well as a final blow to extinguish the race . " By September 15 , 1915 , Jackson estimated that a million Armenians had been killed and deemed his own survival a " miracle " . After the Armenian Genocide , Jackson led a relief effort and was credited with saving the lives of " thousands of Armenians . " After serving as consul in Aleppo , Jackson served in Italy and Canada . He was awarded numerous medals , including the Order of Merit of Lebanon . He died on December 4 , 1947 , at the age of 76
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Jesse B. Jackson