ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is lending his support to the Occupy Atlanta movement and says that their efforts are an extension of the struggle for civil rights fought by Jackson, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others. (more to article)
Meanwhile, in Oakland, CA
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Talk sideways about MLK? No problem (especially if you are a Kennedy).
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Jesse Jackson, clergy push jobs plan in Detroit
RoNeisha Mullen / The Detroit News
Detroit –Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson joined clergy members in Detroit today to promote a plan with the UAW to put Americans back to work.
“We are in a state of emergency,” Jackson said during a news conference at Greater New Mt. [...]
“President Obama’s first year has exposed the clout of corporate interests — and how easily they can buy support in Congress, particularly the Senate. Obama has challenged the entrenched interests that get in the way of reforms this country desperately needs: the health insurance industry, Big Oil and King Coal, Wall Street, and big corporations [...]
(thehill.com) The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.”
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Other members of the CBC found no fault in [...]
Okay, let’s take a look at that for a moment.
When the NFL did not have one Black head coach, did that stop Black folks from both watching and participating in the game?
Nope.
How ’bout when the NFL did not have one Black quarterback? Or a single Black referee? Or not one Black commentator calling the [...]
“In the National Right to Life news of January 1977, Jesse L. Jackson had this to say on the right of privacy: ‘There are those who argue that the right to privacy is of higher order than the right to life…That was the premise of slavery. You could not protest the existence or treatment of [...]
Maafa 21 Trailer – The funniest bloopers are right here
A reader gave me a holla last night about a film someone had just uploaded to Youtube.
“Contraceptives will become a form of drug warfare against the helpless in this nation.” Jesse Jackson, 1971
“Under the cover of an alleged campaign to ‘alleviate poverty,’ white supremacist Americans and [...]
The stimulus spend-a-thon was nothing more than one big PR stunt to convince folks that the government can single-handedly create jobs where their was no market demand. Foolishly, too many people stood in line for this kool-aide to top all other kool-aides only to find out it was nothing more than flavorless, colored sink water. [...]
If you view government or industries not created by us as some form of salvation for Black people, Jesse Jackson wants you.
“We must now save the entire industry from itself,” Jackson said as part of the keynote address Sunday night at the Detroit NAACP’s 54th Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner at Cobo Center.
“We cannot have [...]
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