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JESSE JACKSON : A Tribute (Part 3 of 3) The 1988 Address to Democratic National Convention
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Welcome to this special tribute edition of the podcast.
Four years after his groundbreaking 1984 campaign, Reverend Jesse Jackson returned to the Democratic National Convention — this time in Atlanta, in 1988 — having achieved something extraordinary.
His second presidential run was stronger, broader, and even more disruptive to conventional politics. Jackson won primaries and caucuses across the country, built a multiracial coalition of working-class voters, and demonstrated that progressive populism could compete nationally.
But it was his convention speech that became the…
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