“We went across the South on Super Tuesday without a single catcall or boo, without a single ugly sign. Not until we got to New York and the North did the litmus test of race and religion spout from the mouths of public officials.”
Quote by Jesse Jackson
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Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician, born on October 8, 1941. He is renowned for his pivotal role in the civil rights movement and his relentless pursuit of economic and social justice. more
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“In the South the war is what A.D. is elsewhere; they date from it.”
Source: The Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaver