Rev. Jessie JAckson

Rev. Jesse Jackson
October 8, 1941 -


Jesse Louis Jackson, President of the National Rainbow Coalition is one of America’s foremost political figures. Over the past three decades, he has played a major role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice.
Reverend Jackson has been called the “conscience of the nation” and the great unifier.” challenging America to establish just and humane priorities and bringing people together on common ground across lines of race, class, gender and belief.
Jesse Jackson’s two presidential campaigns broke new ground in U.S. politics. His 1994 campaign won 3.5 million votes, registered over a million new voters, and he...