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By Janell Hazelwood | Published October 31, 2011 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

REV. JESSE JACKSON: An activist, political leader, and minister, Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns to a teenage mother, who would later remarry. Jackson would go on to be officially adopted by his stepfather and take on the Jackson surname. He would later become a major figure in the Civil Rights Movement, run for president (twice), and founded the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a religious and social development organization.

REV. JESSE JACKSON: An activist, political leader, and minister, Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns…

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