Jesse Jackson: A Biography

by Roger A. Bruns

Book Overview

Jesse Jackson, a powerful orator and indefatigable organizer, has been one of the most dynamic forces for social and political action in both the national and international arenas, campaigning for human rights and social justice. Through such social action projects as Operation Breadbasket, Operation PUSH, and the Rainbow Coalition, as well as his own candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in 1984 and 1988, Jackson became a worldwide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313331383
• ISBN13: 9780313331381
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"