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We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
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
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