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Jesse Jackson Research Paper

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On his way to Selma, Alabama on March 3, 2017, for the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Reverend Jesse Jackson delivered a message to the students at Montevallo High.
Who is Reverend Jesse Jackson?
Born in Greenville, South Carolina on October 8th, 1941, Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and politician. Being the first African American to run for president, he was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988. As an undergraduate, Jackson became involved in the civil rights movement. In 1965, he went to Selma, Alabama to march along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He became a leading national spokesman for African Americans in the 1980s. Jackson was awarded the 2000 Presidential

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