A native of Greenville, The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson overcame many challenges such as racism, poverty and the stigma of being born to an unwed teenage mother.
An honors student and an athlete, his athletic abilities earned him a scholarship to the University of Illinois, when he graduated Sterling High School in 1959.
In the fall of 1961 Jackson transferred to North Carolina A&T in Greensboro. It is there that he is most remembered for his student activism, working with CORE, where he helped to organize marches, sit-ins and demonstrations at local restaurants and theaters.
Rev. Jackson's 1984 and 1988 campaigns for President marshaled large numbers of African Americans to register to vote and many to seek political office.
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- This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into how the lifestyles of those living in capitalist countries differed from those living in communist countries. This indicator was also designed to promote inquiry into how the rights of citizens differed in capitalist and communist countries.
- This indicator was designed to foster inquiry into the role of South Carolina in the Modern Civil Rights Movement, to include the influence of court cases such as Briggs v. Elliot and Flemming v. South Carolina Electric and Gas. This indicator was also developed to promote inquiry into the relationship between national leadership, protests, and events and South Carolina leadership, protests and events, such as the Friendship Nine and the Orangeburg Massacre.
