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
Jesse Jackson quotes about
It was an unpopular decision to release them.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.
The gulf state policy at home and abroad has failed. We must go another way.
Faith lifted him above fear. The enemy can't lock up faith. The enemy can't bury faith. The enemy can't steal faith. When it's dark, you fight fate with faith.
The tallest tree in the history of African American journalism has fallen, but has fallen gracefully. The tree that stood tall for over 60 years and a tree that planted a forest, a tree with widespread limbs and full of fruit. He connected to Africa and African Americans. He shared the pain of Emmett Till, the development of Martin Luther King Jr., and was a source of information and inspiration. He was the number one black publisher for 60 years. His impact had been felt through the whole world of journalism.
I watched all of the Democratic convention. I then stayed up and watched it all again. Enjoyed it just as much the second time.
If James Earl Ray confesses to the public that he has more information and more people, there will be a trial.
I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership
at the White House after hours, talking about a range of things and having prayer.
These poor black people were left stranded in the city when federal government had resources readily available and they didn't deliver the resources and I think people died because of this and these are tough questions that need to be answered.
He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
If (Clinton) passed the moral test he had with Kosovo, he can pass this one as well.
She never stopped fighting, fundamentally in her own way, she was a freedom fighter.
He put forth an anti-Rosa Parks judge. ... Just maybe, we need a White House conference on civil rights.