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	Jesse Jackson, Jr.
		Jackson noted there that he is aware of the generational difference from his father, who, he says, is often taking his orientation from things that happened thirty-five years ago, about the time he was born (the Selma bridge incident).
		Jackson knows that Reconstruction was lost and the country went into a seventy-year "nadir" for African Americans (from 1890 to 1960) because of an alliance of business-oriented Republicans, race-oriented Southern Democrats, and big-city Democrats concerned about jobs for their white constituents.
		Jackson knows that the South is the poorest, least educated, most unhealthy region in the U.S., the one that should naturally be progressive, yet is still economically and culturally conservative.
	www.witherspoonsociety.org /jesse_jackson,_jr_.htm (1334 words)

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		Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina in March 1965 while his civil rights leader father, Rev.
		Jackson won the primary by a nine point margin and easily won the gerrymandered Democratic seat in the general election.
		Jackson earned this honor in part by voting in 1998 to deny vouchers to the 70 percent of African-American parents in Washington, D.C. who want to liberate their children from inferior, unionized public schools.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=1758 (1087 words)

	Like His Father, Jesse Jackson Jr. Raises Voice for the Left
		Jesse Jackson, points out at the seats with his son Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., as they look over the Staples Center Monday, Aug. 14, 2000, in Los Angeles, on the first day of The Democratic National Convention.
		Jackson, a third-term Democrat from Chicago, was asked whether people should vote for Vice President Al Gore and his running mate, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman.
		Jackson is scheduled to speak at the convention on Tuesday night.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines/081500-02.htm (585 words)

	02-030 (Jesse L. Jackson Jr.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jackson has been a U.S. representative from Chicago since 1995 and currently sits on the House Appropriations Committee, serving on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and on the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs.
		During his tenure, Jackson has proposed constitutional amendments to ensure that public education and health care of high and equal quality are seen as human rights for all Americans.
		Jackson’s legislative initiatives have also included the HOPE for Africa Act of 1999, which addressed the HIV/AIDS epidemic and set a framework for trade in sub-Saharan Africa.
	www.brown.edu /Administration/News_Bureau/2002-03/02-030.html (303 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		That the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson and his son, Illinois Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., are anything but agnostic on the death penalty is evident at once from the title of the book they've written with Bruce Shapiro: Legal Lynching.
		Graham, as Jackson points out, was 17 at the time of the murder for which he was convicted, was identified by only one witness (there was no corroborating physical evidence), and had a "low-rent" trial lawyer.
		Jackson spent an hour with Graham on his final day and was a witness to the execution.
	www.prospect.org /print-friendly/print/V12/21/lowenstein-t.html (1567 words)

	Boston.com / News / Politics / Jesse Jackson Jr. to endorse Howard Dean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In a statement, Jackson said Sharpton was "inaccurate" when he said Dean was opposed to affirmative action, and he faulted Sharpton for criticizing a fellow Democratic candidate.
		Jackson had hinted at his plans on Monday when he introduced Dean at an event in Chicago.
		Jesse Jackson sought the Democratic nomination in 1984 and 1988, and several of this year's hopefuls have sought his son's backing.
	www.boston.com /news/politics/president/dean/articles/2003/10/28/jesse_jackson_jr_to_endorse_howard_dean (531 words)

	NBC5.com - Politics - Robbins Candidate Jackson Withdraws From Race
		The political battle of the two Jesse Jacksons came to an end, as the man challenging the Congressman with the same name suffered two deaths in his family and dropped out of the race.
		In a statement Jesse Lee Jackson of Robbins said he was withdrawing his candidacy for the second congressional district in Illinois.
		Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., late Friday afternoon offered condolences, but alleged fraud, vowing to continue the legal battle over how the suburban man had entered the race.
	www.nbc5.com /politics/1218207/detail.html (465 words)

	Congressman Jackson to Secretary of State Rice: Make Africa a Priority
		Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., an outspoken advocate for African interests, continued his fight to make Africa a priority in U.S. foreign policy.
		During a congressional hearing, yesterday, on the foreign operations budget, Congressman Jackson pressed for and received a public assurance from Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice that Africa would be a "top priority" for the Bush administration and her State Department.
		Jackson said, "In the President's budget request, the top four country recipients of U.S. aid receive approximately $6 billion.
	www.exodusnews.com /NATIONAL/national151.htm (310 words)

	Rainbow/PUSH Bureaus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Reverend Jesse Jackson began his activism as a student in the summer of 1960 seeking to desegregate the local public library in Greenville, and then as a leader in the sit-in movement.
		Though Reverend Jesse Jackson has not run for national political office since 1988, he has continued to promote voter registration and lead get-out-the-vote campaigns, believing that everyone should be encouraged to be a responsible, informed and active voter.
		Reverend Jackson also supports a broad range of policies to improve education, eliminate poverty, and remind everyone that we are a “One-Big-Tent-America,” with room for all, and none left in the margins.
	www.rainbowpush.org /founder (1094 words)

	Governors State University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jackson’s efforts on behalf of Governors State University and University Park, in particular, were celebrated at a Jackson visit to the university’s Family Development Center on January 11.
		Jackson secured grants totaling $300,000 for equipment and training for Governors State’s Family Development Center, which has developed an integrated program to provide education for children, beginning at birth, and for training parents and educators on the best ways to maximize a child’s potential.
		Jackson was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the university in 1998.
	www.govst.edu /NewsEvents/t_NewsEvents_PressReleases.asp?id=3072 (426 words)

	U.S. Mayors Articles \| Jesse Jackson Declines Third Run for President (4/05/99) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jackson said he would continue to be involved in various policy initiatives at the national level.
		Jackson, 57, is one of the nation’s most prominent Black political leaders.
		Jackson’s announcement was made on the web page of his son, Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
	www.usmayors.org /uscm/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/04_05_99/jesse_other.htm (145 words)

	Jackson Will Urge $250 Million Increase in Aid to Sudan
		Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., a steadfast supporter of African aid, has introduced an amendment to restore Republican cuts in emergency food aid.
		Jackson's amendment would restore President Bush's request of $150 million for food aid in Sudan, and add $62 million for disaster assistance and $38 million for refugee assistance in Sudan and other African countries.
		Jackson's amendment is mindful of this year's budget constraints.
	www.exodusnews.com /NATIONAL/national161.htm (388 words)

	SC African-American History Online
		Born on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina, Jesse Jackson attended the University of Illinois on a football scholarship and later transferred to North Carolina A&T State University.
		Reverend Jackson began his activism as a student leader in the sit-in movement and continued as a young organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as an assistant to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
		In October 1997, Reverend Jackson was appointed by President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as "Special Envoy of the President and Secretary of State for the Promotion of Democracy in Africa." In his official position as Special Envoy, Reverend Jackson traveled to Kenya and Zambia in November 1997.
	scafricanamericanhistory.com /currenthonoree.asp?month=7&year=1990 (714 words)

	Campaigns & Elections: Rainbow machine - Jesse Jackson Jr.'s campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jackson's machine handily defeated longtime Democratic regular, state Sen. Emil Jones Jr., and three other candidates to win the special primary for the South Side's 2nd Congressional District.
		Jackson then rolled over his Republican opponent, attorney Thomas Joseph "T.J." Somer of Chicago Heights, in the general election last year.
		In June, prior to Jackson's entry in the race, Jones told the Daily Southtown that if he ran, "It would be an easy race." After Jones announced, committeemen William M. Beavers (7th), Jesse Evans (21st), Wilson Frost (34th) Robert Shaw (9th), and Allan Streeter (17th) pledged their support.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2519/is_n6_v17/ai_18535312 (1456 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Jesse Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jesse Jackson has firmly established himself as one of the most dynamic forces for social and political action in both the national and international arenas.
		Jackson was ordained a Baptist minister in 1968, though he had not finished his course work at CTS, having instead left in 1966 to commit himself full-time to the Civil Rights movement.
		Jackson then exercised the power of his second-place finish to force his consideration as a vice-presidential running mate and to influence the nature of the Democratic Convention and the issues included on its platform.
	www.galegroup.com /free_resources/bhm/bio/jackson_j.htm (2954 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Sharpton slams endorsement, citing race issues
		The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday accused presidential rival Howard Dean of having "an anti-fl agenda" and criticized a fellow fl leader, Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
		The younger Jackson lauded Dean as he introduced the former governor Monday night before a predominantly fl audience at Chicago State University.
		Jackson later told The New York Times he would make a more formal announcement of his endorsement within the next two weeks.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2003/10/29/sharpton_slams_endorsement_citing_race_issues (558 words)

	Jesse Jackson, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is the son of Jesse L. Jackson.
		Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he was educated at St.
		He remains one of the highest vote-getters in the U.S. House of Representatives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jesse_Jackson,_Jr. (247 words)

	People's Weekly World Newspaper Online - Rep. Jackson calls for shift in priorities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jackson is currently drafting legislation to introduce this massive project.
		Jackson argues that despite conservatives’ claims that there is not the money for projects like a NHSRN or the badly needed national repair and modernization of our nation’s schools, both of which would cost over $300 billion each, the money can and must be found.
		Bernice Bild, co-chair of the Committee for New Priorities of Jobs with Justice, blasted the huge increase proposed for the new already swollen military budget, and called for support of Jackson and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), both of whom are opposing the military budget increase.
	www.pww.org /article/articleprint/1038 (406 words)

	People's Weekly World Newspaper Online - State-sanctioned killing is American dilemma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is for those “who have supported the death penalty in years past but now find themselves troubled by the record number of executions and the revelations of death-row frame-ups” that the Reverend Jesse Jackson and his son, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
		Last year Rep. Jackson introduced the National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2001 (HR-1038), which calls for a moratorium on federal executions and the establishment of a commission to study the application of the federal death penalty.
		Though the Jacksons’ opposition to the dealth penalty appears to be founded on the Fifth Commandment, there are many more arguments here to arm those willing to undertake the struggle to end the death penalty.
	www.pww.org /article/articleprint/896 (836 words)

	Jesse Jackson Jr. Throws His Support to Dean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jackson, the son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, has been coveted by several presidential contenders in part because he carries some of the imprimatur of his father.
		Jackson's father, he said, "We've spent a lot of time on the phone with him," adding, "He is probably the pre-eminent spokesman for civil rights and economic justice, so he's enormously important to a candidate like me."
		Jackson, who earlier this month traveled with Dr. Dean from Washington to Charleston, S.C., said he had invited him home to his district, alone among the presidential candidates, because "I believe he is a man with great integrity."
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines03/1028-02.htm (438 words)

	Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. - A BuzzFlash Interview
		CONGRESSMAN JESSE L. Even after the Monica Lewinsky scandal emerged, it did not, even then rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors.
		Trent Lott specifically wanted a political trial in the Senate which he could hang around the neck of Democrats, both in the House and in the Senate, because Republicans were suggesting that this moral behavior was the inevitable result of the Democratic Party’s values as a natural result of its liberalism.
		JACKSON: Yes, he used a one-time statement Reverend Jackson made in 1984 and tried to suggest that his situation is equivocal to what Reverend Jackson was apologizing for.
	www.buzzflash.com /interviews/2002/12/30_Jackson.html (2037 words)

	Rubin Hurricane Carter and Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr.
		Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill., to plead Graham's case, one of the longest and most contentious capital punishment cases in Texas.
		Carter, Jackson and others called on Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and the state parole board to grant Graham a new trial.
		Jackson also blamed a 1996 law that restricted the appeals process for capital cases for Graham's inability to have new evidence heard.
	www.ccadp.org /shakasankofa-hurricane.htm (738 words)

	News and Information - The Ohio State University
		Jackson is the keynote speaker for The Ohio State University’s 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr.
		Jackson, the son of civil rights activist and former democratic presidential candidate the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., represents the second congressional district in Illinois.
		In 1995, the younger Jackson became the 91st African American ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.osu.edu /news/lvl2_news_story.php?id=676 (171 words)

	Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.: My Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Representative Jackson currently sits on the House Appropriations Committee, serving as the 5th ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education as well as the 2nd ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs.
		Born in the midst of the voting rights struggle on March 11, 1965, Representative Jackson spent his twenty-first birthday in a jail cell in Washington, D.C. for taking part in a protest against apartheid at the South African Embassy.
		Representative Jackson resides in the Second Congressional District of Illinois with his wife Sandi, daughter Jessica Donatella, and son Jesse L. Jackson, III.
	www.aderholt.house.gov /jackson/Bio.htm (383 words)

	U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to keynote UNC conference on health care
		CHAPEL HILL -- U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., D- Ill., will serve as keynote speaker at a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conference on inequalities in health-care access.
		Jackson’s leadership created the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health in 2001, recognized by many minority health experts as the most important civil rights legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
		Jackson also secured funding for the Institute of Medicine’s 2002 report on health disparities, "Unequal Treatment." Jackson was elected to the U.S. House in 1995.
	www.unc.edu /news/archives/oct03/minority100803.html (613 words)

	Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has same-name primary opponent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But the four-term Illinois Democrat and son of civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson says the shadowy challenger with the same name is nothing but a pawn in a political trick designed to siphon votes from him by confusing people into choosing the wrong man.
		The challenger has been unavailable for comment since a brief news conference in which he said little more than that his name is Jesse Jackson and he expects to win in the 2nd Congressional District.
		A petition circulator, Jerry Peeples, said this weekend that Shaw was present when he was duped into collecting signatures for the challenger when he was told he was collecting them for the congressman.
	www.messenger-inquirer.com /news/attacks/3929747.htm (358 words)

	Access to the Presidential Debates
		In a letter inviting support for the resolution, Jackson said, "Presidential debates serve the essential function of informing and educating the public.
		Falling short of the 5% mark, candidates should be admitted if a majority of voters polled support the candidate's participation in the debates.
		The Jackson resolution is a pro-democracy move that transcends partisanship."
	www.progress.org /debates01.htm (390 words)

	Progressive Majority--Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For example, Jackson sees so-called "bipartisan" compromise between Republicans and conservative Democrats as a major threat, weakening the foundation of the Democratic Party and failing to address critical issues.
		Representative Jackson spoke out vigorously against Bush's tax cut for the wealthy, highlighting ways those funds could be used for critical investments in school renovations and upgrades, affordable quality housing, and health coverage for America's uninsured.
		Having been born in the midst of the voting rights struggle on March 11, 1965, Representative Jackson spent his twenty-first birthday in a jail cell in Washington, D.C. for taking part in a protest against apartheid at the South African Embassy.
	www.progressivemajority.org /leadership/profile.asp (961 words)

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