Word: jessee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There were other heroes in the meet. Sprinter Todd Hooks set the tone of the meet with three upset victories over Army star Jesse Owens, including a come-from-behind anchor leg in the 440 yard relay, the first running event of the day.
Cabinet Posts. The pre-eminence of Jimmy Carter left the conference in some confusion and uneasiness. Much of the Georgian's black support in the early primaries was rooted in the desire to eliminate George Wallace from the race. But, said Jesse Jackson, head of Chicago's Operation...
Slamming a fist against his desk, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson last week postponed plans to endorse Jimmy Carter and angrily exclaimed: "Is there no white politician I can trust?" Jesse Jackson, director of Chicago's Operation PUSH, called Carter's views "a throwback to Hitlerian racism." Mayor Richard...
Carter established a bond with blacks by means of the familiar Southern homilies sprinkled through his speeches, his unashamed evocations of love and compassion, his Baptist fundamentalist evangelism. Says Chicago Black Leader Jesse Jackson: "The fundamental problem in this country today is not economic, it's spiritual. Carter is...
U.S. Congressman Ralph Metcalfe, 65, the former track star who placed second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics, won re-election with 72% of the vote in a largely black area of Chicago's South Side, beating off a challenge by a Daley man. A onetime loyal lieutenant...