[Rainbow PUSH Coalition]
Bishop Grant: “Rev. Jackson has given his full support to the Blake family and to the citizens of Kenosha to address these disparities in health, unemployment and education. We have to bridge these gaps now. This is more than police reform.”
Photo: YouTube
By Rev. Jesse Jackson
Black America Continually Victimized by Systemic Racism and Economic Violence
[Police Brutality\Economic Inequality]
Rev. Jackson: “Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality.”
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REV. JESSE JACKSON CALLS FOR RELEASE OF MALIAN OPPOSITION LEADER SOUMAILA CISSE
[Malian Opposition Leader Soumaila Cisse]
Rev. Jackson: “I hope that those holding Mr. Cisse captive, the President of Mali, community and religious leaders will heed my moral appeal and work urgently together to secure the freedom of Mr. Cisse.”
Photo: YouTube
WE MUST PROTECT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FROM REPUBLICAN VOTER SUPPRESSION
[November Election\Voter Suppression]
Rev. Jackson: “Across the country, Republicans are intensifying their efforts to make it harder to vote, with particular focus on suppressing the votes of African Americans and other minorities.”
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COVID-19 EXPOSES AMERICA’S RACIAL SEPARATION AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
[COVID-19\American Racism\ Wealth Inequlaity]
Rev. Jackson: “African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to die because we bear the pre-existing condition known as race…We are…40 percent more likely to die at an early age. Nineteen percent of us can’t afford to see a doctor.”
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RAINBOW PUSH COALITION CALLS FOR COVID-19 AID TO AFRICA
[Rainbow PUSH\COVID-19\Africa]
Rev. Jackson: “Africa deserves and needs our support as the virus begins to spread within the continent with an impact that will be more devastating due to poor health infrastructures.”
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COVID-19 MAKES IT CLEAR HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT
[COVID-19\American Healthcare]
Rev. Jackson: “The U.S. spends about twice as much per capita for its patchwork health-care system than most industrialized countries. Why were we caught with such shortages of masks, ventilators or hospital beds?”
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WHY I SUPPORT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND HIS PROGRESSIVE PLAN FOR AMERICA
[Bernie Sanders Endorsement\Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.]
Rev. Jackson: “When Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Bloomberg and all the other Democrats came out in support of the more moderate Joe Biden after his South Carolina victory…They did it to stop the progressive politics of Bernie Sanders.”
Photo: Rainbow Push Coalition