Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., Founder and President of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, who passed away last month at the age of 84, was no stranger to me.
I became aware of Rev. Jackson as a civil rights leader and crusader for the poor several years ago when working with Sen. Jacob K. Javits, R- N.Y., on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human
Needs, the so-called
Jackson Controversial, but Undeserving of Disrespectful Codas
