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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While he was still in college, Jackson became involved in King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization instrumental in organizing the 1963 Civil Rights march on Washington...

Author: By Jesse Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Always in the Spotlight, Jackson Does Politics His Own Way | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

After graduating from college, Jackson spearheaded Operation Breadbasket, a branch of SCLC based in Chicago that was devoted to economic justice for American blacks...

Author: By Jesse Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Always in the Spotlight, Jackson Does Politics His Own Way | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

Following King's assassination in 1968, Jackson grew dissatisfied with the SCLC leadership, and in 1971, he formed his own splinter group similar to Breadbasket--People United to Save Humanity (PUSH...

Author: By Jesse Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Always in the Spotlight, Jackson Does Politics His Own Way | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

Black Harvard students must celebrate the Black experience and "return to an era of activism," the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) said yesterday...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Black Leader Addresses Students | 2/22/1990 | See Source »

...Black students have an extraordinary responsibility to help teach white students who don't know what the Black experience means," said Lowry, who, more than 30 years ago, helped the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. found SCLC-a major civil rights organization. "The future is in your hands: continue the fight...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Black Leader Addresses Students | 2/22/1990 | See Source »

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