Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. 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. Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. Jackson was also the host of Both Sides with Jesse Jackson on CNN from 1992 to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth8 October 1941
CountryUnited States of America
We are not going to compromise the Voting Rights Act.
We're not going to have an oil war.
We're losing too many of our children, ... I hope today isn't the end. Let's go back and get our communities together.
We are saddened by the passing of Rosa Parks. We rejoice in her legacy, which will never die. In many ways, history is marked as before, and after, Rosa Parks.
We began to talk about one's faith and the storm.
The decision to change leaders over a failed system is no substantial change.
We reduce this to Bill Clinton and Ms. Lewinsky, but what is at stake here, really, is the spirit of the nation, the mood of the nation, how the world sees our nation,
We want the youth to stand still knowing that their parents and their ministers would cross the line for them.
What has not changed is the ballistics report saying the gun that Mr. Graham had is not the one that killed Mr. Lambert, that has not changed, the lack of positive identification has not changed, the lack of cross-examination has not changed, inadequate legal representation has not changed,
We are at a tug of war over American values. Our nation must lead with superior ideas and sacrifices, not with guns and bombs.
We want the people resettled and the damages paid for lives lost and lives injured.
If the trip was sanctioned by the president, it would be defeated before we leave.
He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
We must democratize access to health care, education, and housing. Without an agenda of economic security, democracy is just recycling poverty.