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Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., on December 21, 1948,^[9] the only child of Elizabeth Harriett (née Montgomery) and Roy Henry Jackson.^[10][11] He grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee.^[9][12] His father lived away from the family in Kansas City, Missouri, and later died of alcoholism. Jackson met him only twice during his life.^[13][14] He was raised by his mother, a factory worker and later a supplies buyer for a mental institution; he was also raised by his maternal grandparents, Edgar and Pearl Montgomery, as well as extended family.^[11][13][15] According to DNA tests, Jackson partially descends from the Benga people of Gabon, and he became a naturalized citizen of Gabon in 2019.^[16] He attended several segregated schools^[17] and graduated from Riverside High School in Chattanooga.^[9] He played the French horn, piccolo, trumpet, and flute in the school orchestra.^[18][19] He developed a stutter during childhood and learned to "pretend to be other people who didn't stutter". He still uses the word "motherfucker" to get through a speech block. He still has days where he stutters.^[19][20] Initially intent on pursuing a degree in marine biology, he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.^[9] After joining a local acting group to earn extra points in a class, he found an interest in acting and switched his major.^[21] Before graduating in 1972, he co-founded the Just Us Theatre.