Why They Did It?!Al and Jesse, the JustUs Brothers, have told them that they can and that they are entitled to it. For generations!
Compare and contrast the "state of", "health", "number headed by a father" and "economic condition" of the average Black Family before Jesse Jackson began his "Community Organizing" with Operation PUSH in 1971, and what it is today.
Jesse Jackson marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 60's. Following the death of MLK, there was a power struggle between Ralph Abernathy and Jesse Jackson for the succession of leadership from MLK.* Jackson parlayed his notoriety with MLK into personal gain.
Compare and contrast the economic condition of Jesse Jackson with the average Black Family today.
* Jackson became involved in SCLC leadership disputes following the assassination of King on April 4, 1968. When King was shot, Jackson was in the parking lot one floor below. Jackson told reporters he was the last person who speak to King, and that King died in his arms – an account that several King aides disputed.
In the spring of 1971, Abernathy ordered Jackson to move the national office of Operation Breadbasket from Chicago to Atlanta and sought to place another person in charge of local Chicago activities, but Jackson refused to move. He organized the October 1971 Black Expo in Chicago, a trade and business fair to promote black capitalism and grass roots political power. The five-day event was attended by black businessmen from 40 states, as well as politicians such as Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes, and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. Daley's presence was seen as a testament to the growing political and economic power of blacks.
In December 1971, Jackson and Abernathy had a complete falling out, with the split described as part of a leadership struggle between Jackson, who had a national profile, and Abernathy, whose prominence in the civil rights movement was beginning to wane. The break began when Abernathy questioned the handling of receipts from the Black Expo, and then suspended Jackson as leader of Operation Breadbasket for not obtaining permission to form non-profit corporations. Al Sharpton, then youth group leader of the SCLC, left the organization to protest Jackson's treatment and formed the National Youth Movement. Jackson, his entire Breadbasket staff, and 30 of the 35 board members resigned from the SCLC and began planning a new organization. Time magazine quoted Jackson as saying at that time that the traditional civil rights movement had lost its "offensive thrust."