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He was born as Jesse Louis Burns in a poor household in Greenville, South Carolina. He married Jacqueline Lavinia Brown on December 31, 1962. After attending the University of Illinois and North Carolina A&T University , he began to study divinity at the Chicago Theological Seminary (although not finishing his divinity studies), and began to organize in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under the direction of Martin Luther King, Jr.. He was at King's side in Memphis when King was assassinated, April 4, 1968. He was ordained as a Baptist minister later that year.
He formed two non-profit organizations, PUSH (People United To Serve Humanity) in 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua and the Rainbow Coalition in 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe. Both groups were merged in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan. In the 1980's he emerged as the most visible African AmericanAfrican Americans also known as Afro- Americans or black Americans comprise an ethnic group in the United States of America whose dominant ancestry is from Sub-Saharan West Africa. Many African Americans also claim European, Native American, or Asian ance political figure, and became a spokesman for civil rights issues.
In 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe Jackson became the second African-American (after Shirley Chisholm) to mount a nationwide campaign for the President of the United States. He garnished 3.5 million votes during the primaries, third behind Gary Hart and Walter Mondale (who won the nomination). Through the process, Jackson helped confirm the black electorate's importance to the Democratic Party. During the campaign, however, Jackson made an off-the-record reference to Jews as "Hymies" and New York City as "Hymietown", for which he later apologized.
He also mounted a presidential campaign in 1988. During these campaigns he charged that the conservative Republican policies exemplified by President Ronald Reagan were turning back the clock on civil rights and neglecting the poor of America's cities.
