The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

5/12/2000

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2000.029

U.S. congressman The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr. (1965 - ) is an influential legislator from the 1st Congressional District of Illinois. Jackson was first elected to Congress in 1995 and has won two more elections by a very large margin. Jackson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 5/12/2000, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 3; Total Run Time: 01h 32m 11s

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Jackson, Jesse, Jr., 1965-

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Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is a former American politician who served as a Democratic Congressman representing Illinois's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. He is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political...