Keep Hope Alive Radio Show: Voting Rights

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It was a joy to be on Keep Hope Alive Radio Show with Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., and with producer Santita Jackson. We discussed voting rights, racism and the role of religion during the elections.

REFLECTIONS ON 50 YEARS OF STRUGGLE

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This Speech was given by by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. at the Lincoln Memorial, on Washington, DC, August 24, 2013.  Click here for the original post.  It is reposted here with permission.

What a blessing it was to have been here 50 years ago as one of the host of witnesses, excited and fresh from jail in

Santita Jackson: A Tribute to Father’s Day

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I am reposting Santita Jackson’s heartfelt Father’s Day tribute to her father, Rev. Jesse Jackson.

I want to wish everyone a Blessed Father’s Day…

This is a great and necessary holiday—though, sadly, it is a holiday that fills many with ambivalence, anger, hurt or disappointment. My heart breaks for those who have t…hose feelings. The absence of your Father from your life leaves you wanting throughout the course of your life. I have seen it in my own Father—in his longings for his Father’s presence and protection. At 71, his pain is still raw. It is a pain that—no matter what the current conversation asserts—no one but a Father can ease; and his absence can only be filled by him.

Obama has Worked for All Americans

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This is a repost of Rev. Jackson’s column in Chicago Sun- Times (Oct. 29, 2012).  I am reposting it here with permission.

By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Weekly Commentary | Chicago Sun-Times

When former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for president, Romney campaign chair John Sununu dismissed it as just a black man standing up for one of his tribe.

41st Annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition

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I attended the 41st Annual Conference (Rainbow PUSH Coalition), in Chicago.
July 11-14, 2012

Clockwise, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Judge Mathis, Tia Norfleet & Earl Monroe