
> Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Founded by Reverend Jackson, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition is a social justice organization devoted to political and economic empowerment, education and changing public policy. Find press releases, commentaries, a photo gallery and speeches.
> PBS Frontline: The Two Nations of Black America
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. interviews Jackson about race, race identity and the great class gap dividing the black community. In addition, read an essay by Gates, other interviews and find graphs that demonstrate the economic and social statistics of Black America.
> Biography.com: Black History Month
Read a biography of Reverend Jackson, from his childhood in South Carolina, the Civil Rights Movement and currently as a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
> "This campaign has not been in vain."
Listen to Jesse Jackson's 1984 speech to the Democratic National Convention in RealAudio. Jackson embarked on the first prominent presidential campaign by an African American in U.S. history.
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