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Jesse Jackson | |
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| United States Shadow Senator from the District of Columbia | |
| In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Paul Strauss |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jesse Louis Burns October 8, 1941 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Jacqueline Brown (m. 1962) |
| Children | Santita Jesse Jonathan Yusef DuBois Jacqueline Lavinia Ashley Laverne (with Karin Stanford) |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. Chicago, Illinois |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Chicago Theological Seminary |
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an American church minister, activist and politician.[1] Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns, in Greenville, South Carolina.[2] His mother, Helen Burns, was 16 years old at the time he was born.[2] She never married his father, Noah Louis Robinson.[2] When Jackson was two, his mother married Charles Jackson. Jesse was raised by his grandmother Matilda until he was 13. In 1957, he returned home when his step-father adopted him.[2]
- ↑ "Jesse Jackson Biography". Bio/A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Jesse Jackson". History/A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 20 February 2016.