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Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson Quotes

Total quotes: 2

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Jesse Jackson

Birthname

AKA: Jesse Stanford

Birthday: October 8, 1941

Educated At: University Of Illinois System, University Of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign, Chicago Theological Seminary

Political Parties: Democratic Party

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: American Football Player, Politician

Total quotes: 2

“My concern was even then that the Panthers were imitating by and large third world models like Cuba or like Che Guevara, who was very popular at that time. But of course, in Cuba they could go into the hills. They could engage in various forms and forums that you could not use in urban America.”

— Jesse Jackson, Frontline Interview: Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH(People United to Save Humanity)

Tagged: Black Panther Party, Militant Groups

“So there's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.”

— Jesse Jackson, Frontline Interview: Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH(People United to Save Humanity)

Tagged: classism, Race in America

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