Jesse Jackson

Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. ) is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH.

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17 January 2011
Following, not just commemorating, Dr. King – in Words. Deeds. Action…
Jesse Jackson
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lived till he was just 39. He has been dead now longer than he lived.

Sadly, too many who never worked with, or...
09 August 2010
Let's give country reason to celebrate
Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama comes home this week to celebrate his birthday, and to visit a Ford plant that has begun hiring again, aided by federal loan guarantees for clean...
16 April 2010
Mines have spurned safety for too long
Jesse Jackson
One faction of the Tea Party will gather on the mall in Washington, D.C., this week on Tax Day. They will rail against big government, intrusive regulations,...
16 July 2008
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. applauds Sen. Obama’s speech before the NAACP
Jesse Jackson
Senator Obama, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for President, delivered a profound speech today at the NAACP Convention.

He deftly...
04 February 2008
Gandhism is alive and expanding
Jesse Jackson
New Delhi, India (January 28, 2008) - Mahatma Gandhi, 60 years later, his legacy is alive.  His dreams for democracy, de-colonization, human rights, his quest...
29 July 2007
The other lost war
Jesse Jackson
If you think the war on terrorism is going badly – and our intelligence agencies warn that al Qaeda has reconstituted itself – take a look at the war on drugs...

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