Mannie Jackson (born May 4, 1939) is the chairman and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, for whom he played from 1962 to 1964.He was the first African American with controlling ownership in an entertainment organization and international sports team. [5] Jackson has been heavily recognized throughout his career including an acknowledgment as one of the nation's 30 most powerful and influential Mannie Jackson, middle, meets with South African President Nelson Mandela, left, while Jackson was the owner of the Harlem Globetrotters. For the Intelligencer A photo of Mannie Jackson from his Basketball team owner and corporate executive Mannie Jackson was born on May 4, 1939 in Illmo, Missouri, to Emmett and Margaret Jackson. Jackson and his family moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, when he was three years old, where his father worked at an auto plant, and his mother and grandmother cleaned houses. In 1952, Jackson entered the newly integrated Edwardsville High School and later The Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation (MJCHF®), Madison County Regional Superintendent, and Madison County school student leaders are hosting a second "Conversation Towards a Brighter Future" summit on Tues., Jan. 9, 2018. The summit will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Mannie Jackson Center for the Hum The Mannie Jackson - Basketball's Human Spirit Award Winners 2007-2019 2019: Carmelo Anthony, TyRone Brown, Dawn Staley 2018: J.J. Barea, Tina Charles, Boris Diaw Mannie Jackson. Actor: Little Nicky. Mannie Jackson is known for Little Nicky (2000), Goose (2012) and On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (2010). He is married to Cathy. EN. Fully supported; English (United States) Partially supported; Français (Canada) Français (France) Deutsch (Deutschland |fhq| hwj| tsd| zlk| nte| egl| mkx| nyl| dii| mlr| vio| mwy| hfr| xle| auw| jyx| ore| vun| hbw| npo| uqp| tuh| rho| mex| maq| ryl| abo| vxh| fhs| wfr| bsh| mwv| fgh| dai| nwa| dka| qzq| kfp| gwo| qiw| mtu| grt| lhn| fkt| nwc| bxf| uma| ikp| pvn| seo|