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The Political Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson in Wisconsin
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Civil rights leader and presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson died at 84 years old.
Civil rights leader and presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson died at 84 years old, and is remembered in Wisconsin for his 1988 run and advocacy for social and economic justice.
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The Political Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson in Wisconsin
Clip: Season 2400 Episode 2432 | 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Civil rights leader and presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson died at 84 years old, and is remembered in Wisconsin for his 1988 run and advocacy for social and economic justice.
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>> In other news, Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon with strong Wisconsin connections, died this week.
Jackson visited Milwaukee and environs many times, advocating for civil rights and social and economic justice.
In the 1988 presidential primary election in Wisconsin, Jackson came in second in what the Milwaukee Common Council this week described as a barrier breaking run for the presidency, calling him a generational leader.
At the time, Jackson told The New York Times he was very proud.
He got so many white votes in Wisconsin.
Jackson marched in Milwaukee with Father James Groppi in the 1960s and was in Wisconsin most recently in 2020, for encouraging voter registration.
voter registration.
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