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I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.

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
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Jesse Louis Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
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I had to steal to survive.
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In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.
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To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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