Jesse Jackson's 1988 Presidential Campaign Film

[ederrick987]

Great video, very powerful even today because many of those issues still remain alive and kicking.

[kittygocrazy65]

he seems like he would be a good president but he is a communist racist man. im sorry for any trouble this comment may have caused but it is the truth

[ederrick987]

@kittygocrazy65

You must be a racist pig born somewhere in the 40's,50's,60's

[NYerintransit]

Jesse Jackson has been a great example of anti-semitism in the Democratic party. He's always been a disgrace to Martin Luther King Jr., the man whose cause he inherited.

[kungblao]

@NYerintransit anit-semitism is a BULLSHIT. Even the Hassidic jews are anti-Semetic. Damn near every Democrat has been called anti semetic at some point.

[NYerintransit]

@kungblao Thats like saying its okay to use the word "nigger" just because its in every hip hop song.

[kungblao]

@NYerintransit no its not. The word nigger and nigga do not have the same meaning. Whites are afraid of the word nigger because it reminds them what they did to blacks. Blacks use the word nigga in a different form. You already know this though. The word anti semetic comes from Wilhelm Marr, who used this as a propaganda term to unite Hebrews, who normally would never even unite with each other. There are black Semetic people. Jews stole this word and used it to refer to themselves.

[kungblao]

@NYerintransit The REAL Semitics are the akkaidians, old southern arabs, and syrians. They had colored skin. THIS is why even WHITE JEWS ARE ANTI-SEMITIC, once you understand the TRUE meaning of this word. The Hassidic Jew and the Semitic Jew are not the same. Hassidic Jews are ANTI-SEMiTIC, even though they use the Anti-Semitic card. This is why it is absurd to refer to all Jews as Semitic because the Canaanite/Hassidic Jews only SPOKE Semitic. Its like calling a Jamaican an African American.

[kungblao]

@NYerintransit Check out the video FARRAKHAN EXPOSES THE ANTI-SEMITIC MYTH.  Great video!

[luvs2teach00]

I will never forget when I was in the 5th grade, I saw a book about Jesse Jackson. This one kid looked at it and said "I don't want no black president!" I felt sad about that. I eternalized that and thought that I a black person or a person with brown skin with black ancestory could never ever become president. Boy, was my childhood dream fulfilled on November 4, 2008.

[mindspring57]

@luvs2teach00 Most people would not have thought it necessary or advisable until George Bush came along.

[grandmachristine42]

There is no site (it said) with JJ's 1988 speech democratic convention pts 1-8. Oh PLEASE put them back on here. I got my first casette of this copied before it wore out but alas, the 2nd one did not get copied before it died. This speech and also MLK's Riverside dfisappeared, except text, from American Rhetoric early this past summer. Its strange that families/orgs/whatever don't want them heard, dontcha think?

[DonParsley]

I think this man should be appointed to be Obama's Surgeon General...

[swapie4]

if jackson had been nominated as the democratic candidate in '88 he wood have been slaughtered. unlike obama, he just wasn't a good enough candidate.

[GeeYouAreYou0001]

If Jackson had been nominated in '88 I think he could have defeated Bush Sr. If that had happened then Bush Jr. probabley wouldn't be president now and we wouldn't have any of these problems right now. Oh well, at least we have Obama now.

[mobell195]

Jesse paved the way for Barack. This is a great find!

[lgilbert1965]

Great video to inform so many who forgot and so many who never knew that without "keep hope alive" there could not have been "the audacity of hope".