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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.

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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
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Jesse Louis Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
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What's good for Blacks is good for all of America.
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