Word: jacksons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after he rallied in support of affirmative action in Los Angeles, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson was at Harvard Law School spreading his unique gospel of economic justice...
Speaking to several hundred students in the Ames Moot Courtroom yesterday afternoon, Jackson asked the group to support the cause he so recently shepherded on the west coast, that it is inclusion and diversity which will eventually lead the country to broader economic growth...
...There are those who say, `Let the marketplace have its way and we'll all grow and prosper," Jackson said. "But then race, sex, and religion can be barriers and make the market flow in unnatural paths...
...Jackson's speech also included a political viewpoint that he has expressed frequently in recent public forums: that America's inner cities are the last great economic frontier. Despite differences highlighted in metropolitan areas, Jackson insisted that the American dream is a vision all Americans share...
...American dream is a big tent dream," Jackson said. "All of us fit in one big tent and none of us are left on the margins," he said...