SHEILA JACKSON

Sheila Jackson is a Creative Activist. Her mission is to celebrate life; to tell stories with a rich historical context; to illuminate perspectives that have long been silenced and experiences that have previously been excluded from the media landscape. She began her career in commercials, where her television ad campaigns for cause-powered movements earned multiple Telly and ADDY awards.

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An accomplished writer and historian, Sheila began her writing career as a journalist and is the author of two historical biography collections. She is a scholar on the Civil Rights and Harlem Renaissance eras. She remains a student of the histories of all people, with a curiosity that continues to expand through the people, cultures and stories she encounters in her work.

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Sheila is an alum of Writer’s Bootcamp’s screenwriting program. She continues to develop her own scripts and explore different approaches to storytelling. She is also co-founder of the Women’s Global Film Festival, a platform for women filmmakers from around the world.

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Sheila is Founder of Jackson McCrea, the first Black woman-owned premium Tennessee rye whiskey in the country.

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There’s always more she’s thinking about, reading and exploring. If you’d like to know more about Sheila beyond the bio, you can listen to her podcast and follow her writing on Substack.