A native of Newark, New Jersey and a graduate of its tough and mean streets, Charles Jacobs has pursued truth and justice for most of his life. He fought for the rights of African American students in high school, later he fought for social justice as a member of SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) and NAACP, and after receiving a doctoral degree from Harvard, he spent over three decades campaigned for human and civil rights in Africa, the Middle East and America. Charles is perhaps best known for having risked his life to help redeem hundreds of African slaves from bondage in Sudan. Charles was a founding member of several non-profit organizations whose missions focused on taking direct action to right wrongs.
Charles Jacobs has been widely published, including in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Jerusalem Post, and the Encyclopedia Britannica. He has appeared on local and national television and radio, including NBC, CBS, NPR, CNN and PBS. He has been a columnist for the Boston Jewish Advocate.
Charles Jacobs is a founder of The David Project, Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), The Jewish Leadership Project (JLP) and is a Board member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME).