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Bookmark or Share- Jesse Jackson - WikipediaJackson is the father of former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. and current U.S. Representative Jonathan Jackson. Jackson began his activism in the 1960s and founded the organizations that merged to form the Rainbow/PUSH organization.
- Jesse Jackson | Biography, Civil Rights, Accomplishments, & Facts ...Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and politician whose bids for the U.S. presidency (in the Democratic Party’s nomination races in 1983–84 and 1987–88) were the most successful for an African American until Barack Obama captured the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.
- Reverend Jesse L. Jackson's Biography - The HistoryMakersProminent civil rights activist and political leader Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. was born Jesse Louis Burns on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina to Helen Jackson and Noah Robinson.
- 'Wait, Why Is He In a Wheelchair?': Jesse Jackson's Declining Health ...The Democratic National Convention kicked off its first night with a tribute to one of the most iconic civil rights leaders of our time, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
- Jesse Jackson, 81, announces retirement from civil rights groupCivil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he is stepping down from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition after 52 years at the helm.
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