Seeking Votes and Clout
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own right, Jesse Jackson has been part of both movements. His continued presence on the public stage is a reminder that the nation's racial dilemma is far from solved. And the stark fact that he, or any other black, cannot be elected President in 1984 is, understandably to Jackson, perhaps the most compelling reason for him to run. — By Walter Isaacson.
Reported by Joseph N. Boyce/ Atlanta, Don Winbush/ Chicago and Jack E. White with Jackson
The first black to be considered by a major party or the presidency was the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who received a single, complimentary vote at the 1888 Republican Convention. In 1972, New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm entered the Democratic race and in 14 primaries picked up 28 delegates.
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