Jackson Huston

Jackson Huston is a PhD student in History, with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Arts in African and African-American Studies from the University of California Davis. His research focuses on politics in the 20th century American South, particularly Black, women, and immigrant political activity. His honours thesis at UC Davis uncovered individual Black voters in Jim Crow Louisiana and examined the integration of Southern women into the body politic. 

Jackson's work on racial discrimination in California housing law and urban planning has been published in CalMatters. He has presented his research at conferences at the University of California Davis and California State University East Bay.