Jesse Jackson's iconic 1988 speech #jessejackson #civilrights #activism The longtime civil rights activist Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. One of his most iconic speeches, was his 1988 speech at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. ...more Transcript Follow along using the transcript.Atlanta. It was the year he made a second unsuccessful run for the Democratic Nomination for President, losing out to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. But this speech went down in history. Read more: https://news.sky.com/s... #jessejackson #civilrights #activism SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: • / skynews Follow us on Twitter: & / skynews Like us on Facebook: # / skynews Follow us on Instagram: / skynews Follow us on TikTok: © / skynews Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/.. For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.c... Android https://play.google.co... To enquire about licensing Sky News content, <


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Jesse Jackson called for Black and White worker unity against the corporations JESSE JACKSON: < I think that the uh the hoax that has been put upon the nation by the oil monopoly is affecting black and and white workers alike. I think that it should have the effect of black and white workers uniting to save their jobs rather than remaining disunited to save the color of their skins. And I think that the real effect uh of this crisis uh is economic and to that extent uh uh is economic and to that extent uh workers in the Seattle area and in Detroit and other places around the nation their first obligation is is to stand together to protect their jobs. Our basic position is that we may not be brothers and sisters in law but we are brothers and sisters in survival and we will either stand together as wise and civilized people or we will die apart as fools. Reverend Jackson spoke further < <



Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and populist vision of a "rainbow coalition" of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday. He was 84. Read more about his life and legacy: https://nyti.ms/4awWbM0 1/9