Jackson
Speech parts
1. Jackson - Noun
2. Jackson - Proper noun
Meaning
7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)
capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River
United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)
a town in south central Michigan
a town in western Tennessee
a town in western Wyoming
general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
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Phrases with the word
Examples
If I can do just one-tenth of the good Michael Jackson did for others, I can really make a difference in this world.
With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch and look at the light. No need for talking. For any kind of communication.
You know, I've always told him (Larry Brown) I wanted the relationship that Michael Jackson... Michael Jordan, I'm sorry. ... I wanted the same relationship with him like Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan had.
Remember when we was young, everybody used to have these arguments about who's better, Michael Jackson or Prince? Prince won!
I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.
With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it.