How a Stray Quote of Jesse Jackson’s Led to a Rupture Between Black and Jewish Voters

The candidate’s reference to New York as “Hymietown” helped tank his 1984 presidential campaign and eroded a longstanding alliance.

By Jonathan Mahler

Jesse Jackson, Civil-Rights Leader and Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dies at 84 - The Wall Street Journal

Jesse Jackson, Civil-Rights Leader and Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dies at 84  The Wall Street Journal

Jesse Jackson's death will 'harness the power of the people to go forward'

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), founder of @The Law & Policy Group, and author of 'A Protest History of the United States', says that the death of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is going to 'harness the power of the people again to go forward with a vision of the country that is diverse and not just run by oligarchs'.

By Sharon GAFFNEY

Tinubu mourns American civil rights icon Jesse Jackson

President Tinubu described Mr Jackson as a servant-leader who captured global imagination as a young activist alongside civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The post Tinubu mourns American civil rights icon Jesse Jackson appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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