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Quote by Jesse Jackson

“My very first recollection of life on earth was waking up in bed with my mother, and she was showing me a picture of my father, Charles Jackson, with a group of soldiers.”

Quote by Jesse Jackson

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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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