Jesse Jackson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Leadership can part the waters and lead our nation in the direction of the promised land.
Now, he was a hard taskmaster.
He would always get on me about, why are you on this issue?
You need to be more studied on this.
But he was one who was more responsible than anyone for teaching me activism.
I may be uneducated, but I am somebody.
I may be in jail, but I am somebody.
She took pieces of old cloth, patches,
Wool, silk, gabardine, croaker sack on the patches.
Barely good enough to wipe off your shoes with.
But they didn't stay that way very long.
They stirred their hands on a strong cord.
She sewed them together into a quilt.
A thing of beauty and power and culture.
Farmers, you seek fair prices and you are right.
But you cannot stand alone.
Your patch is not big enough.
Blacks and Hispanics, when we fight for civil rights, we are right.
But our patch is not big enough.
Gays and lesbians, when you fight against discrimination and a cure for AIDS, you are right.