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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

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
Politics
Political
Soul
Way
Deliberation
Stir
Debate
Democracy

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