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We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.

Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
Activist
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Greenville
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson
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Jesse Louis Jackson
Sr.
Jesse Louis Jackson
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