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At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
Activist
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
Pastor
Politician
Greenville
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
Hope
Fear
Ends
Must
Backward
Backwards
Division
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Hell

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