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
If you don't know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!
If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out.
I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.
I take my role seriously as a pastor.
I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.
I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.
I had to steal to survive.
I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.
George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
You may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.
I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.