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"[Jesse Jackson] mentored political leaders like Ron Brown, Alexis Herman, David Dinkins, Doug Wilder, Donna Brazile, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore. He galvanized voter registration efforts that influenced generations.
He once told me this nation rests on pillars—Abraham Lincoln and Dr. King among them. I believe Jesse Jackson himself became one of those pillars."
~ April Ryan
John Stoehr remembers Jesse Jackson coming to Connecticut and facing down Klan members marching to demonstrate against him:
"It takes guts to look a hateful man in the eye and try to unmask his cowardice. Such moments of courage should inspire us all, as we face more masked men who are much more dangerous than some putz dressed in bed sheets. These days, the klansman work for the regime."
https://www.editorialboard.com/the-day-jesse-jackson-faced-off-with-the-klan-in-connecticut/
"I still think to this day that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama wouldn't have been elected president had Jesse not run in 84 to 88. He was able to get... The poor, you know, blacks and people who were not in the political system, he literally got them engaged and turned out and they stayed."
~ Joe Trippi
#JesseJackson #BillClinton #BarackObama
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https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/remembering-jesse-jackson-the-two
"What Jesse was doing was really recognizing a clear political truth. The same people who will hurt the LGBT community will vote against voting rights. The same people that vote against voting rights vote against living wages. The same people that vote against living wages vote against healthcare. The same people that deny healthcare normally promote war."
~ William J. Barber II
#JesseJackson #MoralFusion #LGBTQ #VotingRights #workers #wages #healthcare
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