Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
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- Jackson, Jesse Louis, 1941-
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Birth Date
- 1941-10-08
Has Affiliation
- Organization:North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- Organization:Chicago Theological Seminary
- Organization: (naf) S.C.L.C. Operation Breadbasket
- Organization:Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
Birth Place
- Greenville (S.C.)
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- English
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Jesse Jackson
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- found:The picture life of Jesse Jackson, 1972.
- found:Wikipedia, 6/14/2007(Jesse Louis Jackson (b. 1941) is a black politician, professional civil rights activist and Baptist minister ... a prominent leader of the American Christian left. He is the father of congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.) -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Jackson
- found:Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014(Rev.)
- found:African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.; Jesse Louis Robinson; civil rights leader; born 08 October 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States; BA in Sociology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) (1964); leader of the campus chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); enrolled in the Chicago Theological Seminary (1965) and continued his civil rights activism, working for the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations; dropped out of the seminary to join the voting rights protests in Selma, Alabama; national director of Operation Breadbasket in 1967; ordained into the Baptist clergy (1968 ); established PUSH-EXCEL and became its president in 1995; ran for the Democratic nomination for president (1984 and 1985); established the Rainbow Coalition Inc., as a progressive, liberal adjunct to the Democratic Party)
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- 1980-07-18:new
- 2023-08-29:revised
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