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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She had a love for mathematics. She took a course her freshman year called PANIC (Physics a New Introductory Course), and she loved it because it combined understanding the physical world with mathematics. Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union. Her father knew of MIT and encouraged her to apply.