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
Yesterday, when a new president came in, the wind shifted. For many of us, it shifted from a tail wind to a head wind, so much of what we fought for ... will be challenged now. Our mandate is to go forward.
I say America: Stay out of the Bushes,
We must somehow bring our soldiers back home and not allow them to be trophies in a growing, deepening crisis between the U.S. and China,
Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow-red, yellow, brown, black and white-and we're all precious in God's sight.
Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow -- red, yellow, brown, black and white -- and we're all precious in God's sight.
Robertson later said he meant a regime change, not an assassination, ... It's fair to say, however, that most Americans disagree with what Rev. Robertson said.
Republicans, Democrats and all Americans of good will should denounce this statement, should distance themselves from Mr. Bennett, ... And the private sector should not support Mr. Bennett's radio show or his comments on the air.
I think he should have made it very clear to Monica, to her family. ... The responsibility should have been in his lap, and I think in time that as he has the healing, the strength overcomes the anger, that we'll hear even more of that contrition,
most qualified and experienced candidate in a generation.
Just like Rosa Parks, Cindy Sheehan has triggered a public policy debate that's bigger than her as a personality,
I think President Bush and Secretary Powell are doing their best, but there must be some bridge to break the impasse. We must prioritize getting the release of the American soldiers who are, in fact, being held hostage.
To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, ... She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
Why are there no African Americans in that circle? ... How can blacks be left out of the leadership and trapped into the suffering?
Why are there no African Americans in that circle?