Word: jessee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PRESIDENT Michael S. Dukakis will "escort Secretary of State-designate Jesse Jackson to Capitol Hill," after his inauguration in 1989, screams a leaflet distributed by the North Dakota Republican Party.
The protest, designed to draw attention to the rising incidence of cancer in areas of heavy pesticide use, is part of a nationwide relay effort, in which celebrities, politicians and students take turns fasting. UFW President Caesar Chavez began the fast this summer with a 36-day hunger strike before...
Jesse Jackson was the only one of twelve presidential candidates who willingly made reference to the plight of AIDS patients when he campaigned last year. At a march on Washington to celebrate Gay Awareness Day, Jackson was the only candidate to show up, and continually included gays in his political...
Because of his affluent background Kennedy will never have the impact of Jesse Jackson; he can never speak of empowerment with the same weight.
THE last American political hero, it is often said, was Robert F. Kennedy '48. Twenty years ago, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, Kennedy ignited the spirits of the young, the poor and the downtrodden in American society. With his murder, a powerful voice for the disposessed was silenced. The Rev...