Jesse Jackson Interview: From the Sit-Ins to Selma, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Lasting Impact
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Published 2018-08-01
Jesse Jackson is one of the foremost civil and human rights leaders in the United States. Born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, North Carolina, he graduated from public high school and earned a degree in Sociology from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, and was later ordained as a Baptist Minister. He rose to national prominence through his work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), organizing in support of Dr. King during the sit-in movements and the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. He later founded what is now the PUSH Rainbow Coalition, an organizing effort advocating for inclusivity and economic and political empowerment for all people. In 1984 and 1988 he led groundbreaking presidential campaigns for the Democratic nomination on a progressive platform that registered millions of first-time voters and received widespread national support. In 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
From the HBO / Kunhardt Film Foundation (KFF) Documentary “King in the Wilderness” that follows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the last years of his life: from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in 1968, through personal stories of the people who were around him.
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Jesse Jackson, Director, SCLC Operation Breadbasket
Interviewed By: Trey Ellis
Interview Date: May 17, 2017
Chapters:
00:00 Meeting Dr. King
05:38 Getting to Know Dr. King Personally
10:21 Dr. King’s Management Style
14:27 Taking The Movement To Chicago
54:56 Dr. King’s Assassination
01:01:34 Mayor Daley
01:07:50 Media Response
01:11:21 After The Movement
01:16:35 Memphis and Dr. King’s Frustration
1:20:31 Memories of Dr. King
01:25:37 Message For Today
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All Comments (21)
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Rev Jackson your insight and wisdom shines through so brilliantly. Thank you so much for sharing your memories and perspective
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Thankyou very much Rev. Jackson for your words and commitment to Dr. King and sacrifices for a better America
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Much love and respect for Reverend Jesse Jackson 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 My every generation honor his will to fight for Black communities and human rights
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Thank you for sharing your memories with us, Rev Jackson.
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BLESS YOU JESSE
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God Bless and Thank You Reverend Jackson For Leading Us All The Way.to Freedom. Long Live The Jackson Family.
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Such a good speaker, passionate, genuine and inspiring human beings like these are becoming very rare, with Love Sen ❤
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GodBless Jesse Jackson
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What a handsome man. Even in his older age.
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It says alot about American society when we know more about Jesse Jackson and little to nothing about Thomas Sowell
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Maybe Jesse can explain why he was on the FBI payroll and set up Martin to be killed in 1968?
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Big gang ok luv
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Messy Jesse. Ask yourselves when is the last time you saw Jesse with any of Dr. King's relatives.
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Please take out warning .memory out of my cell phone
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Thank you. Critics, Malcolm X, observed comes with movements. Anyone who does anything will have their critics. People who do nothing will always be on the sidelines criticizing those on the frontlines. Reverend Jesse Jackson thank you your legacy and place in history has been secured.
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OHHHH I am SO inspired by JESSE!!!! bahahhaahhHhHhHHhhHh
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is man on the picture The Great hOudini? where is his southafrican spinx and magical pyramid? i dont understant how those crystall ball readers work? does Houdini have Magic Castles and palace in foreign coutries.? woooooo woooooo big in skyruvi country and cabenuva country?
