Jesse Louis Jackson Sr is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997 He was the founder of both entities that merged to form RainbowPUSH Representative Jesse Jackson Jr is his eldest son In an APAOL Black Voices poll in February 2006 Jackson was voted the most important black leader
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