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Jesse Jackson weighs 1984 presidential bid and influence
Profile of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Chicago civil rights leader and head of PUSH, weighing a Democratic presidential bid. The piece covers his career from SCLC to PUSH, his charisma and media skill, audits of PUSH EXCEL funds, and the mixed reception among black leaders about a candidacy.
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Sharon Cohen
Associated Press
Jesse L. Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson
Jackson
South
Jesse Jackson
PUSH
People United To Serve Humanity
People United To Save Humanity
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Noah Robinson
Jesse
Gary
Ind
Richard Hatcher
Mary Frances Berry
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Hatcher
Panama
South Africa
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Alabama
Jacqueline Davis
Chicago Theological Seminary
King
Operation Breadbasket
SCLC
Operation Push
Memphis
Tenn
Chicago
Dale Carnegie
Burger King
Coca-Cola
Heublein
Seven-Up
Anheuser- Busch
St. Louis
Department of Education
Pushexcel
Push-Excel
Georgia
Julian Bond