The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. Obama has that voice. It has to be used. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. — 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
