Jesse Jackson - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Jesse Jackson Index / People Transcripts Broderick Johnson ...around 1987, '88—there's something that Reverend Jesse Jackson had said or done somewhere, and i... Al Sharpton ...parade there. He was with Congressman Jesse Jackson , and they were going down the parad... ...we had a sixty-fifth birthday party for Jesse Jackson Sr. I was the emcee. And US Senator... Otis Moss Jr. ...took place with our good friend, the Reverend Jesse Jackson . I worked in both of his campaigns an... Alicia Garza ...tear gas. I saw—I think it was Reverend [Jesse L.] Jackson [Sr.] in a McDonald's parking lot... Bill T. Jones ...you won't believe it. And then I saw Jesse Jackson cry, and I thought, “Oh man, somethin... Kimberlé Crenshaw ...in which—racial grievance mongers like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are now out o... ...they told us [laughs]—one of those Jesse Jackson types. I think one of the unappreciate... Ben Jealous ...serious race we've seen. I was part of Jesse Jackson in '88 and we took ourselves ver... ...both been active, for example, in the Jesse Jackson campaign. Steve in both of them, me i... ...be burnished by time, but on the 1988 Jesse Jackson campaign you were a field organizer... ...later. We had all grown up. All the Jesse Jackson kids had grown up. All of us, wh... ...Steve, president of Students for Jesse Jackson , both first in California and the... ...had run, with Minyon and a lot of Jesse Jackson 's infrastructure, the best communit... ...people. They had the receipts from the Jesse Jackson campaign. A lot of them saw them a... ...Spending less money, real dollars, than Jesse Jackson had. And so, by us getting in ther... ...after state. As organizers, we knew Jesse Jackson had great crowds. We knew Al Sharpto... Show more... Paula Reid ...time with the Secret Service. Right, Jesse Jackson 's campaign would have been slightl... John and Teresa Palmer ...we were following all over, to Chicago— Jesse Jackson ? Jesse Jackson. And he was meeting ... ...all over, to Chicago— Jesse Jackson? Jesse Jackson . And he was meeting a lot of thes... Ta-Nehisi Coates ...I thought—like, his whole thing with Jesse Jackson and Sister Souljah was deeply, deepl... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the East Wing East Wing