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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisJACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.
(1965—)
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr., a Representative from Illinois; born in Greenville, Pickens County, S.C., March 11, 1965; B.S., North Carolina Agricultural &Technical State University, Greensboro, N.C., 1987; M.A., Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill., 1989; J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, Chicago, Ill., 1993; secretary, Democratic National Committee’s Black Caucus; national field director, National Rainbow Coalition, 1993-1995; member, Rainbow/PUSH Action Network; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth Congress, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of United States Representative Mel Reynolds, reelected to the six succeeding Congresses (December 12, 1995-present).
Jackson, Jesse L., Sr., and Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., with Mary Gotschall. It’s About the Money!: The Fourth Movement of the Freedom Symphony: How to Build Wealth, Get Access to Capital and Achieve your Financial Dreams.
New York: Times Business, 1999.
Jackson, Jesse L., Sr., Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., and Bruce Shapiro. Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America’s Future.
New York: New Press, 2001.
Jackson, Jesse, Sr. with Jesse Jackson, Jr. Legal Lynching: Racism, Injustice and the Death Penalty.
New York: Marlowe & Co., 1996.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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