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
Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.
Fighting disparities is very significant.
If whites would vote their economic interests, not their racial fears, we the people who have the most need for change have the power to bring about that change nonviolently.
Our premise is that inclusion leads to growth. So for those who are locked out, they lose development, and those who are in power lose market and growth.
We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got north to New York that we began to hear this from Koch, President Reagan, and then Mrs. Ferraro . . . . Some people are making hysteria while I'm making history.
In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.
People always grow and mature.
Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.
Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
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.