Jackson, Jesse, 1941-

LC control no.	n 50027794
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Jackson, Jesse, 1941- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Jackson, Jesse Louis, 1941-
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1941-10-08
Place of birth	Greenville (S.C.)
Field of activity	Civil rights Religion Political science
Affiliation	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Chicago Theological Seminary S.C.L.C. Operation Breadbasket Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
Profession or occupation	Civil rights workers Clergy Politicians Authors
Found in	The picture life of Jesse Jackson, 1972. Wikipedia, 6/14/2007 (Jesse Louis Jackson (b. 1941) is a black politician, professional civil rights activist and Baptist minister ... a prominent leader of the American Christian left. He is the father of congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Jackson> Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014 (Rev.) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.; Jesse Louis Robinson; civil rights leader; born 08 October 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States; BA in Sociology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) (1964); leader of the campus chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); enrolled in the Chicago Theological Seminary (1965) and continued his civil rights activism, working for the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations; dropped out of the seminary to join the voting rights protests in Selma, Alabama; national director of Operation Breadbasket in 1967; ordained into the Baptist clergy (1968 ); established PUSH-EXCEL and became its president in 1995; ran for the Democratic nomination for president (1984 and 1985); established the Rainbow Coalition Inc., as a progressive, liberal adjunct to the Democratic Party)
Associated language	eng