Talk:Jesse Jackson
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See: JESSE JACKSON: AMERICA'S DAVID by Barbara A. Reynolds
Shakedown : Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson by Kenneth R. Timmerman
A neutral tone is the one thing that this article doesn't have.
During the late 1990s, it was revealed that Jackson's sons and Jackson himself would protest against large businesses until the business 'paid' a donation to one of Jackson's tax exempt corporations.
On several occasions, Jackson publicly opposed a major corporate merger until one or both of the merging companies 'paid' a donation to Jackson's tax exempt corporations.
Are those facts?
Or, more strictly, are those relevant facts? I sense the prosecutor trying to defame character, perhaps without paying sufficient mind to Jackson's political goals. An entry on Jesse Jackson hardly deserves to leave out his politics. (Else why not write an entry on Steven Spielberg without discussing film?)
There was a book recently published outlining how Jackson has profited from his activities. I think the author published a series of articles in the Chicago Sun-Times or Tribune exposing Jackson's unstated 'for profit' motivation. None of these articles gained national news coverage. There was also a recent Wall Street Journal article on this. NOTE: I said article and not editorial.
A brief outline of Jackson's political goals is to be added later.
Jackson is an interesting character:
- He campaigns exclusively for unions, liberals and big government in order to help the downtrodden, discriminated against, and other little guys
- He has used this to become a multi-millionaire and get his son, Jesse Jackson, Jr. elected to congress
Is he an 'entrepreneurial liberal'?
While I don't care for some of Jesse Jackson's antics of the last few years, I do think the article should be more neutral.
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apology
The article claims that Jackson never apologized for the reference to Jews as "Hymies". This article in Time magazine: http://www.crm114.com/jesse/antisemitism1.html, linked to from this page which is extremely critical of Jackson: http://www.crm114.com/jesse/antisemitism.html says he did. I'll change this unless there's a disagreement on whether this constituted an apology. Fpahl 06:59, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Is he really 7'7" tall?
I saw a police mugshot of him and his head was at the 7'7" level (mugshot at rotten.com library) (http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/jesse-jackson/jesse-jackson-mug-shrunk.jpg). I find that hard to believe, he looks like an average-sized person on television. --69.234.194.35 23:08, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- That's 77 inches (minus the hair, probably 76). That's 6'4". Tall, but not Harlem Globetrotters tall. -- John Fader 23:19, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- This interview (http://www.teenink.com/Past/9900/January/Interviews/ElizabethK.html) mentions his being "tall". I guess he's built like GWB, who also looks squatter on TV that he is in person. -- John Fader 23:23, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Jackson & MLK
The following appears under entry: "He claims to have been at King's side in Memphis when King was assassinated, April 4, 1968, though critics such as Kenneth Timmerman have contended that Jackson embellished his account."
There was a newspaper photographers picture of taken immediately after Dr. King was shot. It shows Dr. King lying on the second floor walkway of the motel and Jessee Jackson on the first floor looking up towrad him. I've seen the picture reproduced later. Anybody know where we can get a copy. It would be meaningful here. Also, Timmerman (whom I have not read) may have made statements about Jackson and MLK's assissination but so did Ralph Abernathy, MLK's second-in-command and heir as head of SCLC. A quote from him would be meaningful. Johnwhunt 19:40, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
For what it's worth, Timmerman's source was on Barbara Reynolds, who wrote "Jesse Jackson, the Man, the Movement, the Myth". It's a fact that Coretta Scott King says nothing publicly about Jesse Jackson, and did not endorse his presidential bid. Jackson didn't just "embellish", he flat-out lied, claiming that MLK had died in Jackson's arms.
Schiavo
The part about his involvment in the Terri Schiavo saga NEEDS to be expanded because it's probably the biggest, if not, the most controversial thing he has ever done. A photo of him holding hands with Terri's siblings would help.