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I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
Activist
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
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Greenville
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson
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Jesse Louis Jackson
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