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
Africans in the hull of a slave ship.
There are more police here than people. They should go catch the criminals and set the people free.
The poor and the working poor have been locked out of the nation's consciousness, even by the media and by many ministers. Katrina washed away the debris that was covering the locked out and left behind.
Part of our mission is to finish unfinished business.
We need a domestic version of these vehicles. Whether it's the Ozarks, East L.A. or Harlem, there must be vehicles ... to transport capital to people who need it.
We need a domestic version of these vehicles, ... Whether it's the Ozarks, East L.A. or Harlem, there must be vehicles ... to transport capital to people who need it.
If James Earl Ray confesses to the public that he has more information and more people, there will be a trial.
I have nothing to do with our soldiers being there, ... do something to help get them out.
I hope that he will, in time, that he will say more, ... Face the Nation.
Hovering above us is a certain degree of sadness. There's been another murder at the hands of officers of the state. And what do we want? We want the truth to be told. We want justice served, and the laws to be adhered to.
He said I was a communicator, and he gave me a car to travel around selling Jet magazine to stores. Where Mayor Daley saw a toll collector, Mr. Johnson saw a communicator.
I hope the FCC does not remain silent regarding what Robertson said,
I hope that we've done something to facilitate a detente on threatening rhetoric,
He brings to the table a body of invaluable accomplishments as a former congressman, senator and vice president.