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(11 of 11) own right, Jesse Jackson has been part of both movements. His continued presence on the public stage is a reminder that the nation's racial dilemma is far from solved. And the stark fact that he, or any other black, cannot be elected President in 1984 is...
Although most of the nitty-gritty work is being done by the S.C.L.C., the V.E.P. and the N.A.A.C.P., the point man, catalyst and Pied Piper of the registration crusade has been Jesse Jackson. No matter that other black officials are often grudging in their praise and that they resent the...
In Mississippi, which held state and local primaries this month, the voter-registration effort has been the largest and most successful since the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. An estimated 40,000 new voters were registered since May, increasing black registration by about 11%. Aiding the effort were...
Among those who tend to oppose Jackson's candidacy are many black elected officials who got where they are by building coalitions with white moderates, Mayor Andrew Young, a longtime associate of Jackson's from the days when they worked together on King's staff, is one. "A Jackson candidacy...
That epitgram is one of nine catchy admonitions given students by high school teachers who take part in Jesse Jackson's "Push for Excellence" program.