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Apr 3, 2014 · Best Known For: Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights leader, Baptist minister and politician who twice ran for U.S. president. Industries; Civil Rights
Mar 30, 2018 · Jesse Jackson on MLK: One Bullet Couldn’t Kill the Movement. Rev. Jackson, who was part of King’s inner circle in 1968—and witnessed his assassination—weighs in on that shocking moment ...
Oct 7, 2021 · The Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, left, points out his family members to President Bill Clinton after Jackson was awarded the Presidential Medal of ...
In 1966, Jesse Jackson began to lead Operation Breadbasket, a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) program in Chicago. Often seen as Martin Luther King’s protégé, Jackson quickly earned a place among King’s inner circle.
Jesse Jackson, orig. Jesse Louis Burns, (born Oct. 8, 1941, Greenville, S.C., U.S.), U.S. civil rights leader. He became involved with the civil rights movement as a college student. In 1965 he went to Selma, Ala., to march with Martin Luther King, Jr., and began working for King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
In his quest for social, racial and economic justice, Rev. Jesse Jackson has been civil rights activist, presidential candidate, and international hostage negotiator. While a student at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College in 1963, Jackson led protests to desegregate theaters and restaurants in Greensboro.
Jan 29, 2021 · How Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition Championed Diversity In his 1984 presidential run, Jackson sought to unite a multiracial, multicultural group of Americans. By: Sarah Pruitt
