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Jesse Louis Jackson [1] (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) [1] is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. received a standing ovation when he arrived on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Jackson, 82, waved and gave a thumbs-up from his ...
Jesse Jackson. Jackson and eventual nominee Michael Dukakis outlasted all other Democratic candidates to the final primaries, including California. Jackson came in second in delegates behind Dukakis. Jackson beat out candidates future Vice President Al Gore, future President Joe Biden, and Dick Gephardt, among others.
In May 1983, Jackson became the first African-American man since Reconstruction to address a joint session of the Alabama Legislature, where he said it was "about time we forgot about black and white and started talking about employed and unemployed." Art Harris saw Jackson as "testing the waters for a black presidential candidacy down South". [4]
FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson addresses supporters in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 3, 1983, after he announced he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Erie's Second Baptist Church on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, for an event stressing the importance of voting.
Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) ... [192] which was released in 1996 by Jackson Sr. In 2001, Jackson Jr. authored A More Perfect Union: ...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson waves as he appears on stage Monday night at the Democratic National Convention. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)