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Jesse Jackson

American minister, activist and politician

United States · 1941–2026

The Rev Jesse Jackson, 70, was born in South Carolina. He is one of America's foremost religious and political figures, having worked in the civil-rights movement with Martin Luther King in the mid-60s and running for the US presidency in 1984 and 1988. In 1991 he was elected senator of Washington DC. He is founder and president of the Rainbow Push Coalition.

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Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight read 575 other answers →

In college, meeting my wife and then having our first child, and marching together to bring down the walls of Jim Crow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2012 source ↗

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