Jesse Jackson

Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. ) is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. 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.

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10 March 2005
Republicans maneuvering to get Voting Rights Act killed
Jesse Jackson
Beware the stranger bearing gifts. Or as the law teaches, caveat emptor, buyer beware. Look before you leap. All these warnings apply to the emerging...
06 March 2005
Selma 40 Years Later
Jesse Jackson
This weekend in Selma, Alabama, marchers will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in that city. The violence...
03 February 2005
State of the Union speech falls short, says Rev. Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
CHICAGO -  When will our troops return home from Iraq? What is the President’s plan to prevent factory jobs from going abroad? What is his plan for providing...
03 January 2005
Seven key reasons why the vote must be challenged at the electoral college
Jesse Jackson
1. Exit Polls Did Not Match Actual Vote in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida

The gulf between the exit polls and counted votes was glaring....

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