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Jesse Jackson
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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 shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. In an AP-AOL "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted "the most important black leader".
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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 shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. In an AP-AOL "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted "the most important black leader".
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
Saturday Night Live
Real Time with Bill Maher
A Different World
Explained
Tanner '88
Shut Up and Dribble
The Chris Rock Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Malcolm X
Uptight
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Save the Children
I Am MLK Jr.
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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