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There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.

Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 82
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
Look
Walk
Nothing
Walks
Feel
Somebody
Feels
Stage
Relieved
Life
Hear
Footsteps
Turns
Painful
White
Street
Around
Streets

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