Politics: Jesse Jackson to Visit City




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America's first black presidential contender, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, will be in Birmingham this week for a public meeting as part of a UK tour.

Rev Jackson first rose to fame as a colleague of Dr Martin Luther King, and was beside the great civil rights leader when he was assassinated in 1968.

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Politics: Jesse Jackson to Visit City

He went on to stand twice for the Democratic nomi...

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