Jesse got his start working around Martin Luther King for [civil rights]?.
He parlayed the favorable environment for civil rights in the 1970s and 1980s to become a national celebrity.
He has been involved in several negotiations with foreign leaders to release Americans imprisoned as hostages. This is one of the links between [Ross Perot]? and Jackson.
Critics of Jesse Jackson, Sr. claim that he has exploited poverty stricken black Americans in order to make money and gain political power.
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