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Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.

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
Spirit
Change
Intact
Nothing
Unity
Remain
Nobody
Break
Community
Inspirational

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