JESSE JACKSON
Religion/Politics
Born: October 8, 1941
Greenville, South Carolina
"I am somebody. Respect me. I am God's child."
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Baptist minister, civil-rights leader and democratic politician, is the first black man to make a serious bid for the U.S. Presidency. Jackson became active in politics by joining the civil rights movement, working alongside Martin Luther King in the 1960s. In 1971 he founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) to advocate black self-help and his voter registration drive helped elect Chicago's first black mayor Harold Washington. During the 1984 Presidential campaign, Jackson formed the Rainbow Coalition, designed to represent a broad spectrum of ethnic interests. In 1989 Jackson took residency in Washington to lobby for statehood for the District of Columbia.
1. Jesse Jackson was a ___________ politician.
2. He was the first African American man to come close to being elected ___________ of the United States.
3. He worked with the famous civil rights activist ______ ______ ____.
4. Jackson founded the operation ______ to advance black self-help. (acronym)
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