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Born in Washington D.C., the actor grew up an only child in Chattanooga, Tennessee and was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents. Jackson only met his father, who died from alcoholism, twice during his life. At 19, Jackson attended Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral in Atlanta as an usher. He played mace windu in star wars and nick fury in the avengers. In 1969, Jackson was suspended for two years from

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