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Jesse Jackson And The Rainbow Coalition

Jesse Jackson And The Rainbow Coalition. Brian Sanz Productions. Jesse Jackson. Rev. Jesse Jackson born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. His nicknames include “Conscience of the Nation” and “the Great Unifier.”

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Jesse Jackson And The Rainbow Coalition

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  1. JesseJacksonAndTheRainbowCoalition Brian Sanz Productions

  2. JesseJackson • Rev. Jesse Jackson born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. • His nicknames include “Conscience of the Nation” and “the Great Unifier.” • August 9, 2000 President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. • Left public schools to enroll in the University of Illinois on football scholarship and graduated in 1964. • Left his studies to work full time on the Civil Rights Movement with MLK.

  3. JesseJacksonCont. • 1965 he become full-time organizer for Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) • December, 1971 founded People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH) • 1984 Jackson founded National Rainbow Coalition • September 1996 he merged the two to form the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. • Ran for President as a Democrat Representative in 1984 and 1988 as well.

  4. RainbowPUSHCoalition • PUSH was dedicated to improving economic conditions of black communities across the US. • First Rainbow Coalition sought equal rights for all Americans ( mainly voting rights, social program demands, and affirmative action for minority groups.) • The two merge to form Rainbow PUSH Coalition with a mission to protect, defend, and gain civil rights by making economic and educational rights equal for all. • Promoting peace justice worldwide was Jackson’s main goal of it.

  5. Speech http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jessejackson1984dnc.htm

  6. WorksCited http://www.rainbowpush.org/pages/jackson_bio http://www.jessejackson.org/organizations.html

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