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The crisis is not an opportunity to change the character of Louisiana's political order. We must not use the crisis to turn Louisiana into a red state -- this is a rainbow state.

Jesse Jackson

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