In 1988, Jesse Jackson urged Americans to use the term African-American because the term has a historical cultural base.

Various pastors and other religious figures and activists such as Rick Warren, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson campaigned for various social and political causes have achieved celebrity status in mainstream media as well.

The support of Sharpton and other Black religious / political leaders ( e. g. Harvard's Peter Gomes, Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King ) is especially helpful for Black gays and lesbians who are negotiating the challenges of being gay in black communities.

The Buckaroos ( Buck Owens ' band ) initially served as the house band on the show and consisted of members Don Rich, Jim Shaw, Jerry Brightman, Jerry Wiggins, Rick Taylor, Doyle Singer ( Doyle Curtsinger ), Don Lee, Ronnie Jackson, Terry Christoffersen, Doyle Holly and later Victoria Hallman ( aka Jesse Rose McQueen ).

Jesse Jackson gave the eulogy.

* 1965 – Jesse Jackson, Jr., American politician

* 1941 – Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist

* Jesse Jackson reports receiving an invitation from the Taliban to come to Afghanistan as part of a peace delegation.

Land reform has found considerable support in Africa and a few supporters among African-American activists, but Jesse Jackson commented during a visit to South Africa in June 2006, " Land redistribution has long been a noble goal to achieve but it has to be done in a way that minimises trauma.

* January 3 – U. S. President Ronald Reagan meets with Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman and the Reverend Jesse Jackson at the White House, following Lieutenant Goodman's release from Syrian captivity.

* October 8 – Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist

Jesse Jackson, however, wins several Southern state primaries.

* March 26 – U. S. presidential candidate Jesse Jackson defeats Michael Dukakis in the Michigan Democratic caucuses, becoming the temporary front-runner for the party's nomination.

* With Apologies to Jesse Jackson, an episode of an animated comedy series, South Park, in which Stan's dad, Randy becomes a social pariah after saying " niggers " on Wheel of Fortune

Then he made a serious gaffe by announcing to an audience of New York City's Jewish community that, if nominated, he would consider Reverend Jesse Jackson as a Vice Presidential candidate.

In 1972, Democratic nominee George McGovern threw Daley out of the Democratic National Convention ( replacing his delegation with one led by Jesse Jackson ).

Jesse Jackson, also originally from South Carolina.

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Then, on January 13, 2006, Baez performed at the funeral of Lou Rawls, where she led Jesse Jackson, Sr., Wonder, and others in the singing of " Amazing Grace ".

At the 1830 Jefferson Day dinner at Jesse Brown's Indian Queen Hotel, Jackson proposed a toast and proclaimed, " Our federal Union, it must be preserved.

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and other prominent African Americans.

Following soon thereafter were such notables as: John Caldwell, William Holmes, Jesse Blackwell, Elliott Jackson and James Davis.

Homewood is in Illinois ' 2nd congressional district, currently represented by Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Mr. Jackson's office is located in Homewood, Illinois.

The incident was an international news event that brought Reverend Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to the community and inspired the 1995 book Color Lines: The Troubled Dreams of Racial Harmony in an American Town, by Mike Kelly.

They reined in there, Brannon remaining in the saddle while Hogan went to look for Jesse Macklin in the hotel dining room.

Lincoln's followers organized a campaign team led by David Davis, Norman Judd, Leonard Swett, and Jesse DuBois, and Lincoln received his first endorsement to run for the presidency.

Their best finish of this period was under the management of Englishman Jesse Carver, when in 1954 – 55 they finished as runners-up, after Udinese who originally finished second were relegated for corruption.

" He was not supposed to perform, but as he listened to the music of local musician Jesse Robinson who sang a song written for this occasion, Robinson sensed that he wanted to perform and handed him a microphone.

" Christian Egalitarian theologians, such as Katharine Bushnell and Jesse Pen-Lewis, interpret these commands in the context of the preceding verse, for all Christians to " submit to one another.

* Jesse Jones, Fractals for the Macintosh, Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA, 1993.

* SF citations for grok gathered for the Oxford English Dictionary by Jesse Sheidlower

In 1923, Famous Players-Lasky president Jesse Lasky was looking for a new Production Editor in the Story department of his studio, and Thalberg suggested the Ivy-League Hawks.

In 1935, Jesse Owens set a long jump world record that was not broken for 25 years, until 1960 by Ralph Boston.

Identification of some psalms as prayers is also seen within the text, for example in the conclusion to Psalm 72, " The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended.

For example: an apparition of John Wayne is a recurring character and serves as a sort of spiritual guide or conscience for Custer ; Monument Valley and The Alamo serve as backdrops to various legs of the journey ; for a time, Jesse acts as the sheriff of a small town in Texas, and must protect the inhabitants from harm ; the image of the Saint of Killers, a reformed bounty hunter-turned-killer-once-more in the tradition of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven character, William Munny, is a nod to the classic Western notion of nemesis, straight and true and terrible.

Jesse Saunders also utilized the TB-303 with a Roland TR-808 drum machine and Korg Poly-61 synthesizer for the seminal Chicago house record " On and On " ( 1984 ).

Dining together, Jesse's sons are brought one by one to Samuel, each time being rejected by him, speaking for God ; running out of sons, Jesse sends for David, the youngest, who was tending sheep.

Although Sydney had an extra player, Darren Jolly who was supposed to come off for Jesse White, on the field who was directly involved in the play.

The songwriting genesis for " Earth Angel " was a matter of some dispute, eventually ending up in a split credit between Penguins baritone Curtis Williams, Gaynel Hodge, and Jesse Belvin.

At one point, according to Grant's memoirs, his father Jesse worked in the tanning business for the father of John Brown.

Jesse initially offered Grant a position in the Galena, Illinois branch of the tannery business, on condition that Julia and the children, for economic reasons, stay with her parents or the Grants in Kentucky.

Rudolph had a special, personal reason to hope for victory — to pay tribute to Jesse Owens, the celebrated American athlete who had been her inspiration, also the star of the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany.

* October 21 – Lebanese kidnappers release Jesse Turner, a mathematics professor who had been held hostage for more than 4 years.