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JESSE JACKSON

Crusaders

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Civil Rights Crusaders

By Barbara M. Linde

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Linde, Barbara M. Jesse Jackson / Barbara M. Linde. p. cm. ( Civil rights crusaders) Includes index. ISBN 978-1-4339-5684-3 ( pbk. ) ISBN 978-1-4339-5685-0 ( 6-pack) ISBN 978-1-4339-5682-9 ( library binding) Jackson, Jesse, 1941 Juvenile literature. Civil rights workers United States Biography Juvenile literature. African Americans Biography Juvenile literature. Presidential candidates United States Biography Juvenile literature. I. Title. E185. J25L56 2011 927092 dc22 [ B] 2010050840

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Civil Rights Leader

Early Life

Operation Breadbasket

People United to Serve Humanity

The National Rainbow Coalition

The Campaign for President

International Work

Its All in the Family

I Am Somebody

Glossary

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Index

Words in the glossary appear in bold type the rst time they are used in the text

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CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER

Jesse Jackson is an important civil rights leader. Hes also a Baptist minister and a politician. He has been ghting discrimination and segregation since the 1960s. Justice and equality are his goals. He believes in using peaceful methods to make changes. Jesse helps African Americans and other minority groups. He tells students to study and stay in school.

Everywhere he goes, Jesse tells people that they can do anything they set their minds to.

LET FREEDOM RING

Discrimination means treating people differently because of their race or beliefs. Segregation is the forced separation of people based on their race or class.

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Jesse Jackson speaks to a crowd at a protest in 2010.

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EARLY LIFE

Jesse Louis Jackson was born on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina. He got good grades and played sports. He was the president of his high school class.

While in college, Jesse became part of the civil rights movement. He was a leader in a group that worked for racial equality. In 1964, Jesse graduated from a college in North Carolina. He soon moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he studied for the ministry. He became a Baptist minister in 1968.

LET FREEDOM RING

Jesse married Jacqueline Lavinia Brown in 1962. They raised ve children together.

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This photo shows Jesse walking his children to school in 1974.

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OPERATION BREAKBASKET

Jesse had great respect for Martin Luther King Jr. In 1965, he joined Martins Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The SCLC ran Operation Breadbasket. It aided black workers and businesses. Jesse helped start the Chicago branch of Operation Breadbasket. Later, he became the national director. Under his direction, many black Americans got jobs. Businesses grew. However, Jesse and other SCLC leaders didnt always get along well. Jesse left the SCLC in 1971 and started his own group.

LET FREEDOM RING

Jesse was in Memphis, Tennessee, with Martin Luther King Jr. on the day Martin was shot and killed.

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Just days after Martin died, Jesse marched with Martin's wife, Coretta Scott King, in memory of him.

Jesse Jackson Coretta Scott King

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PEOPLE UNITED TO SERVE HUMANITY

Jesse started Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) in Chicago. His goal was to help African Americans help themselves. Every Saturday, Jesse gave a talk on TV and radio about jobs, education, and family life. His work helped increase the number of jobs open to black workers.

Many young African Americans had problems with drugs and often dropped out of school. Jesse founded PUSH-Excel in 1975. His goal was to give students hope for a better life.

LET FREEDOM RING

Students who are a part of PUSH-Excel promise to study instead of watching TV. Parents and teachers talk to each other about the students schoolwork.

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Since the 1970s, Jesse has used PUSH-Excel to help black students across the country.

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