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Jackson runs the Rainbow coalition, a group with much controversy such as in 2001 when it was revealed payments were made from the organization to Jackson's mistress.
Jackson runs the Rainbow coalition, a group with much controversy such as in 2001 when it was revealed payments were made from the organization to Jackson's mistress.
In the wake of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] Rev. Jackson was virtually alone in opposing retaliation on terrorists and the regimes that harbored them. Speaking in a meeting at Operation PUSH headquarters in Chicago four days after the attacks, Jackson told listeners rather than deploy troops the U.S. should,
{{Cquote|launch the fight for the redistribution of resources. One hundred million people will have AIDS in five years. We should use our strength for that. <ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_38_17/ai_79027414 A Tale of Two Preachers - Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson], by Kenneth R. Timmerman, ''Insight on the News'', Oct 15, 2001.</ref>}}
He was prominent in the [[Michael Richards]] and [[Don Imus]] cases.
He was prominent in the [[Michael Richards]] and [[Don Imus]] cases.
==References==
==References==
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[[category:liberal activists]]
[[category:liberal activists]]