He could never have done it without the enthusiastic support of the mainstream media. Other black leaders have noted that he is in fact, a creation of the media. Jesse Jackson was a nonentity in the early sixties. He hungered for notoriety. He wanted to be rich. His skills were those of the master con artist, and he had no shame, there was nothing he wouldn't stoop to for money and power. "Shakedown! Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson" by Kenneth R. Timmerman is shocking because the truths exposed in the book were never deep, dark secrets to anyone except to...