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Jesse Jackson

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Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.


— Jesse Jackson


#because #blacks #blood #determination #excel

Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.


— Jesse Jackson


#expansive #inclusive #music #should

My very first recollection of life on earth was waking up in bed with my mother, and she was showing me a picture of my father, Charles Jackson, with a group of soldiers.


— Jesse Jackson


#charles #earth #father #first #group

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.


— Jesse Jackson


#communities #community #how #knows #obama

People always grow and mature.


— Jesse Jackson


#grow #mature #people

Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.


— Jesse Jackson


#older #president #ran #reagan #ronald

So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear.


— Jesse Jackson


#conversation #fear #georgia #here #level

So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.


— Jesse Jackson


#burn #life #many #out #quickly

So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.


— Jesse Jackson


#comes #limit #margins #miss #much

Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.


— Jesse Jackson


#civil #civil rights #columbia #district #district of columbia






About Jesse Jackson

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Did you know about Jesse Jackson?

Time magazine quoted Jackson as saying at that time that the traditional civil rights movement had lost its "offensive thrust. In the mid-1990s he was approached about being the United States Ambassador to South Africa but declined the opportunity in favor of helping his son Jesse Jackson Jr. In 1965 Jackson participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches organized by James Bevel King and other civil rights leaders in Alabama.

He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. is his eldest son.

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