Essence Magazine:
CHEYENNE, WY – APRIL 20: Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. An African American Baptist minister and political activist, Jackson was a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1984 and 1988. In 2000 President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor bestowed on civilians. (Photo by Mark Junge/Getty Images) By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated February
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