Jackson, Jesse Louis
(b. October 8, 1941) Civil rights leader; organized PUSH and the Rainbow Coalition; active in presidential politics in the 1980s.
Jesse Louis Jackson was born in Greenville, Sou...
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Jackson, Jesse (1941—)
Baptist minister and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson was the leading advocate for racial equality in the United States by the 1980s, and his initial bid for the preside...
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Jesse Jackson
Born October 8, 1941 Greenville, South Carolina
Civil rights leader, politician, and minister
Jesse Jackson was thrust into the civil rights spotlight in the 1960s as an aide to Martin...
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Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson (born 1941), the most successful African American presidential candidate in U.S. history, received over three million votes in the 1984 election.Jesse Loui...
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