In May 1988, presidential candidate Jesse Jackson held a rally in Eugene, Oregon. An estimated 10,000 people packed into McArthur Court to hear him speak. Jackson also addressed an overflow crowd of ...

Though he didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president in either year, Jesse Jackson’s moving speeches at the conventions called on the party to care more about the marginalized. By James C.

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The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as the founder and longtime leader of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a Chicago-based civil rights organization, but he also played a pivotal role in ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson entered the national spotlight during the civil rights movement and ran for president twice. He also courted controversy while in the public eye. By Neil Vigdor Millions of ...

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Jesse Jackson's iconic 1988 speech It was the year he made a second unsuccessful run for the Democratic Nomination for President, losing out to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. But this speech ...

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