TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning honored the Jackson Family as the 43rd Lightning Community Heroes of the season during the first period of today’s game against the Detroit Red Wings. The Jackson’s, who received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program, will donate the money to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
In the early 1900’s, the Jackson Family opened and operated a boarding house in Tampa known as the Jackson House. It served to lodge African American travelers whether they were servicemen, railroad workers and passengers, entertainers or transients.