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| − | The '''Rainbow Coalition''' was founded by [[progressive]] [[Democrat]] [[Jesse Jackson]] in 1984 to forge a base for his two presidential campaigns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jessejackson1984dnc.htm|accessdate=19-02-03|publisher=American Rhetoric|year=2007|title=Top 100 Speeches}}</ref> The name was first coined by the Rev. [[Jim Jones]] in the late 1950s and early 1960s which Jones used to refer to his "Rainbow Family."<ref>Reiterman & Jacobs 1982, p. 65</ref> Jones and his wife adopted 3 [[Korea]]n child, a [[Native American]], and were the first white couple in [[Indiana]] to adopt an [[African American]] child.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/sfeature/race.html "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - Race and the Peoples Temple".] PBS.org. February 20, 2007.</ref> | + | The '''Rainbow Coalition''' was founded by [[progressive]] [[Democrat]] [[Jesse Jackson]] in 1984 to forge a base for his two presidential campaigns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jessejackson1984dnc.htm|accessdate=19-02-03|publisher=American Rhetoric|year=2007|title=Top 100 Speeches}}</ref> The name was first coined by the Rev. [[Jim Jones]] in the late 1950s and early 1960s which Jones used to refer to his "Rainbow Family."<ref>Reiterman & Jacobs 1982, p. 65</ref><ref>https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=64933</ref> Jones and his wife adopted 3 [[Korea]]n child, a [[Native American]], and were the first white couple in [[Indiana]] to adopt an [[African American]] child.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/sfeature/race.html "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - Race and the Peoples Temple".] PBS.org. February 20, 2007.</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:54, February 4, 2019
The Rainbow Coalition was founded by progressive Democrat Jesse Jackson in 1984 to forge a base for his two presidential campaigns.[1] The name was first coined by the Rev. Jim Jones in the late 1950s and early 1960s which Jones used to refer to his "Rainbow Family."[2][3] Jones and his wife adopted 3 Korean child, a Native American, and were the first white couple in Indiana to adopt an African American child.[4]
References
- ↑ Top 100 Speeches. American Rhetoric (2007). Retrieved on 19-02-03.
- ↑ Reiterman & Jacobs 1982, p. 65
- ↑ https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=64933
- ↑ "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - Race and the Peoples Temple". PBS.org. February 20, 2007.