Term Papers on Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

Term Paper Title	Reverend Jesse L. Jackson
# of Words	597
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.39

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

     "I am somebody."  Born in the year 1941, from the town of Greenville, South Carolina, Jesse Jackson was and still is one of the most powerful civil rights leaders of the twentieth century.  His voice, face, and organizations have been very popular and intricate to the civil rights movement.  He has fought for not only African Americans, but has also met with world leaders and was successful where other politicians were not.
Many people do not realize the reverend’s ties to our great state.  Reverend Jackson actually attended the University of Illinois on a football scholarship for a short time before transferring to the North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College.  In North Carolina he received his BA in sociology.  He then returned to Illinois and attended the Chicago Theological Seminary.  This seminar had a large impact on his life, and he was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1968.
Reverend Jackson soon started his very own Operation Push, (also known as People United to Save Humanity), which was based in Chicago, after he controlled the Chicago wing of Operation Breadbasket.  His work for black rights over time expanded to truly represent all kinds of people.  After more than fifteen years of fighting for racial equality, in 1984, Reverend Jackson ran for his first presidential election, with the help of his National Rainbow Coalition, Inc., an umbrella organization of minority groups.  Much of his interests became shifted towards womens’, minorities’, and much broader civil issues as problems arose around him that opened his eyes to other problems in society.
After unsuccessfully running for president two elections in a row, Jesse decided to get involved in other ways politically.  In 1991, after no other political leader could convince Saddam Hussein to release American prisoners caught duri...

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