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Jesse Jackson was born on October 8th, 1941.

Attended the University of Illinois

Recieved a B.A in sociology.

Went to Selma, Alabama to go march with Martin Luther King Jr.

Moved to Chicago to train to become a minister.

Jesse jackson early life

Was ordained a baptist minister in 1968

Founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity),

Jesse Jackson became theleading national spokesman for African Americans

Jesse Jackson ran for president in the 1983-84 election.

In 1984 he established the National Rainbow Coalition, which sought equal rights for African Americans, women, and homosexuals.

These two organizations merged in 1996 to form the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition