Eric Jackson (born 1952 in
Colón, Panama) is a politician, journalist, and radio talk show host. He is the chief editor of
The Panama News , and host of the
Wappin' Radio Show. Both of which are made in
Panama City,
Panama.
History
Jackson was born in Colón, Panama, on December 29, 1952, where he lived with his family in the
Panama Canal Zone until after his father's death, when his family moved to
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in June 1966.
He became a radical activist, dropping out of high school and joining Motor City SDS
Weathermen in 1969 and later living in
Yippie communes. In 1971, Jackson got into some trouble with the law for destroying a Marine recruiter's literature table in protest against the
Vietnam War. As a result he spent 30 days in jail and was ordered to go back to school by a judge.
As Jackson didn't have a
high school diploma, he was admitted as a special student to
Washtenaw Community College, where he took computer programming and black studies courses. Later he transferred to
Eastern Michigan University and earned a
bachelor of science in
Political Science and
History.
After graduation, he went on to study law at the
Detroit College of Law, where he received his
Juris Doctor.
After spending about 28 years in the
United States, he returned to Panama in 1994 to cover that year's Panamanian election campaign, and later that year became the founding editor of The Panama News.
Public office
While Jackson was in Michigan, he became involved with the
Human......
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