Jesse Jackson
(American Activist)
- Date of Birth:
- October 8, 1941
- Nationality:
- American
- Quote count:
- 168
- Times favorited:
- 203
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as "shadow senator" for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son.
All quotes by Jesse Jackson 
(168 quotes found)
“Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.”
