Judia Jackson Harris: Educator and Social Welfare Pioneer by Jane McPherson Judia Jackson Harris (1870-1960) was a trailblazing educator and social reformer, whose vision for Black advancement in the Jim Crow South was rooted in the “upbuilding” of strong, economically self-reliant and well-educated communities (Jackson, 1903a, p. 200). Jackson Harris was born in Athens, Georgia,…