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7 de out. de 2021 · Happy birthday to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. The civil rights leader and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition has spent the last 60 years of his life in front of cameras advocating for social ...
15 de jul. de 2023 · CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago. Jackson, 81, announced his resignation during a quiet farewell speech at the organization’s annual convention, where the group paid tribute to him ...
28 de fev. de 2006 · Reverend Jesse L. Jackson. Prominent 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. His mother later remarried Charles Henry Jackson, who formally adopted Jackson and his brother Charles.
Jesse Jackson. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., geboren als Jesse Louis Burns ( Greenville (South Carolina), 8 oktober 1941) is een Amerikaanse baptistenpredikant, politicus en burgerrechtenactivist . Na een onvoltooide studie theologie werd Jackson een naaste medewerker van Martin Luther King en hij stond aan diens zijde toen King werd vermoord.
In 1984 and 1988 Jackson entered the Democratic presidential primary, becoming the first African American man to make a serious bid for the U.S. presidency; he received 6.7 million votes in 1988. In 1989 he moved to Washington, D.C. and was elected the city’s unpaid “statehood senator” to lobby Congress for statehood.
30 de mar. de 2018 · Rev. Jackson, who was part of King’s inner circle in 1968—and witnessed his assassination—weighs in on that shocking moment, its turbulent aftermath and carrying forth the dream.
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (* 8. Oktober 1941 in Greenville , South Carolina , als Jesse Louis Burns ) ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker , Aktivist , Bürgerrechtler und Baptistenpastor . 1984 und 1988 bewarb er sich erfolglos für die Präsidentschaftskandidatur der Demokratischen Partei .
