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Why I already miss Rev. Jesse Jackson

JL;DR SUMMARY Jane Ramsey reflects on her decades-long association with Rev. Jesse Jackson and the impactful coalition-building between the Black and Jewish communities in Chicago. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ChicagoSocial JusticeCivil Rights MovementActivismBlack Jewish RelationsJewish Council On Urban AffairsCoalition BuildingJesse JacksonHistorical AlliancesRainbow Push

Places mentioned

Chicago, Illinois, United States
"leaders and residents from the Black community were angered by conditions facing Black families newly arrived to the south and west sides of Chicago following the exodus of Jewish families from these same communities."
Illinois, United States
"we got out the vote and elected Harold Washington, Chicagos first Black and progressive Mayor."
Washington D.C., Washington DC, United States
"we marched through the streets of Chicago and Washington D.C."
San Francisco, California, United States
"At the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, as part of the Harold Washington Favorite Son delegation, we listened carefully as Rev. Jackson delivered his convention speech, one that resonated so powerfully that it would become known as the Peace Speech."
Alabama, United States
"The author and Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. join a group marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama."
China
"Yingxi, one of my students who was visiting from Mainland China, to Rainbow PUSH,"

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