Janet Smollett
ABOUT JANET SMOLLETT
Best known as the mother of Jussie Smollett . She is an accomplished home cook who collaborated on The Family Table: Recipes and Moments from a Nomadic Life.
Her cookbook was published in 2018.
She was active in the 1960s United States civil rights movement.
She was born in the United States. She married Joel Smollett in 1975 and together they had six children. Her other children include Jake Smollett and Jurnee Smollett-Bell . Her husband died in 2015 from cancer.
Her time as an activist saw her work alongside revolutionaries such as Bobby Seale and Huey Newton.
