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Derrick Z. Jackson

@GlobeJackson

Derrick Z. Jackson, a 1984 fellow, is an award-winning columnist for the Boston Globe’s Op-Ed section. He also is known for his nature photography, and his images of Barack Obama have been exhibited by Boston’s Museum of African American History.

A Nation’s Past and Promise:  A Shift in the Meaning of American Symbols

A Nation’s Past and Promise: A Shift in the Meaning of American Symbols

An Essay in Words and Photographs by Derrick Z. Jackson

‘How Long Can You Look at a Red Leaf?’

View photos below »I had one chance to see Ansel Adams. In my senior year in college in 1976, I attended a media jobs fair at Howard University. I did…