Ep 21 - Reverend Jesse Jackson
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Sponsor: Sunbasket https://try.sunbasket.com/organic/?offer=A-PODCAST35&utm_source=sellers Bakari has an insighful conversation with the one and only, Jesse Jackson. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. (born Jesse Louis Burns; October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is his eldest son. Jackson was also the host of Both Sides with Jesse Jackson on CNN from 1992 to 2000.
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