Quotes: In the 1980s Jackson became a leading national spokesman and advocate for African Americans. His voter-registration drive was a key factor in the election of Chicago’s first African American mayor, Harold Washington, in April 1983.
Paraphrasing: became and advocate and spokesman for african americans and was a key factor in Chicagos first african american mayor
Quotes: Civil rights leader and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson became one of the most influential African-Americans of the late 20th century
Paraphrasing: Jesse Jackson was one of the most influential african americans of the late 20th centery and was a candidate for present two times
Quotes: Jesse Jackson was the third African-American candidate for president from a major political party
Paraphrasing: Jackson was the third african american to run for president
Quotes: While an undergraduate, Jackson became involved in the civil rights movement. In 1965 he went to Selma, Alabama, to march with Martin Luther King Jr,, and became a worker in King’s Southern Christian Leadership Confrence (SCLC)
Paraphrasing: became involved in the civil rights movement at a young age and marched with martin luther king jr
Quotes: In 1964, Jackson graduated from college with a degree in sociology
Paraphrasing: Jackson graduated college with a degree in sociology
Quotes: In school Jackson was a good student and an exceptional athlete. He was elected class president and in the fall of 1959 attended the University of Illinois on a football scholarship
Paraphrasing: was a really good athlete in highschool and had a scolarship
Quotes: While in Greensboro Jackson had joined the Congress of Racial Equality and participated in marches and sit-ins.
Paraphrasing: he strongly believed in racial equality and participated in activities to show
Quotes: A year after Jesse's birth, his mother married Charles Henry Jackson, a post office maintenance worker, who later adopted Jesse. In the small, black-and-white divided town of Greenville, a young Jackson learned early what segregation looked like
Paraphrasing: he grew up in a segregated town/neighborhood after he was adopted by his step dad
Credits:
Created with images by Ted Van Pelt - "Rev Jesse Jackson"