Jesse Jackson Speech to 1988 Convention Pt.1

Jesse Jackson may have lead the way for Barack Obama when he ran for president in 1988. In this part 1 of 8 parts here on YouTube, his address to the delegates is preceded by the Jackson Campaign Film, that attempts to highlight the roots of the country's political situation. Jackson received over 1,200 delegates in his effort to be nominated, and placed 2nd after Michael Dukakis. That year, Jackson was described as the "soul" of the Democratic Party but was not given a chance to speak until almost midnight thereby missing his opportunity to reach the millions who were watching earlier. Very few people have heard or seen this speech.

I replaced the voice of Ray Charles singing "America The Beautiful" in the film (due to an ownership complaint when I posted this clip initially), with the voice of Wintley Phipps, who actually sang the song in the hall after Jackson's speech. I was also asked to remove Jackson Brownes song, Lives in the Balance. Instead of leaving silence I deleted the films segment that showed world unrest and violence.

Please note:
In July 2009, YouTube reconsidered and restored the audio on the original version of this video. By watching it you can see the parts I deleted from this version of the clip: the documentary section that featured the voice of Jackson Browne singing Lives in the Balance and the voice of Ray Charles at the end. The title of the original clip on YouTube is this: Jesse Jackson's 1988 Presidential Campaign Film.

Ive broken the speech up into 8 parts so you can see the entire speech.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Jesse Jackson
• Democratic Convention
• 1988
• Atlanta
• Georgia
• Campaign Film
• Jackson family
• Barack Obama

[PsalmsPoetic]

Wintley Phipps singing America....

[qwerk]

@PsalmsPoetic Thank you for the name spelling correction.

[alexcool994]

In 1988,he ran for president to make martin luther king jr dream come true.

20 years later on november 4,He was crying his eyes out

[shinigami285]

I have been waiting for someone to post this for the longest. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[PsalmsPoetic]

@qwerk I think you did spell it correctly, I was just surprised to hear him singing here, and to see him singing on the DNC stage... he's a friend of a friend and we're members of the same church...

[daven58100]

Anyone here talking about how great Jackson is should read "Shakedown-exposing the real Jesse Jackson". They might learn some very interesting things about this "great leader".

[donkuss]

My guy, Rev. Jesse Jackson. He has taught me so much!!!!

[kungblao]

@zobielamouche1 Very true...Jackson always gets shitted on. 

[jayblac]

keep bob hope alive lol

[zobielamouche1]

whenever someone suggests that america is bigger than 1 race, language, myth,.... as jackson did, he/she is being defamed..

btw, obama should have given him a cabinet post

[springjo1]

@Mr40acresandamule I see your point.

[Mr40acresandamule]

If the economy is still bad by Nov. 2012, people will say it is misguided to vote for Obama. I wonder if unemployment improved significantly by Nov 2012 would you say that people would be misguided to vote for Obama? If so it based character and identity issues people don't like about Obama. I don't think people are misguided if they vote for candidate a person one or most people see is undesirable because they feel committed to policies.