2. By: Deondre Wright

3. School Education Attended predominantly black Agricultural and Technical College Received a B.A. in sociology Ordained a minister in 1968

4. Growing up He born as Jesse Louis Burns On October 8, 1941 Grew up in Greenville, South Carolina Adopted his step-father’s last name

5. How was he involved with the civil rights movement ? Marched in Alabama in 1965 Helped found the SCLC

6. How did he help the civil rights movement Founded push (people united to save Humanity) in 1971 Established the national rainbow coalition in 1984 Emerged both together in 1996 Became a national spokes man in the 1980’s

7. Quotes from Jesse Jackson “A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever”. “America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth” “At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward with fear and division

8. More quotes “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it”. “It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other”

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