Overlooked No More: Jay Jaxon, Pioneering Black Designer of French Couture
“No one knew that his real name was Eugene,” Hardy added. Eugene Jackson was born on Aug. 30, 1941. His father, Sidney Jackson, worked for the Long Island Railroad as a track driver, and his mother, Ethel Rena-Jackson, was a housekeeper. The household was traditional and strict, though Eugene was more outspoken than his three…