We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The fact is in a city like Chicago, for example, unemployment in the black community is around 20 percent for adults, 35… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
You are not going to revive the unemployment of 26 million Americans with tax cuts. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The wiping out of millions of homes took away Black and Brown wealth. It drove poverty, it drove unemployment, it drove people… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
If my mind can conceive it ,and my heart can believe it,i known I can achieve it. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
The coffers are full of money and equipment for the Ferguson Police and the Missouri National Guard to put down a potential uprising, but… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their states. We… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
There are clear patterns of discrimination against Blacks and Latinos. The big banks targeted Blacks and Latinos with toxic packages of subprime predatory lending. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share
