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A dream deferred : Jesse Jackson and the fight for Black political power / Abby Phillip.
Van Pelt - New Book Display E185.97.J25 P45 2026
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillip, Abby, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African American civil rights workers--Biography.
- African American civil rights workers.
- Civil rights workers--Biography.
- Civil rights workers.
- African American presidential candidates--Biography.
- African American presidential candidates.
- Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
- Presidential candidates.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1984.
- Presidents.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1988.
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941-2026.
- Jackson, Jesse.
- Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Democratic Party (U.S.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Flatiron Books, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Focusing on his presidential runs in 1984 and, especially, 1988, Phillip highlights how Jackson built an unlikely coalition that showed how Black political power could be consolidated. His experience working under Martin Luther King; his organizing the SLCC's Operation Breadbasket in Chicago and beyond; and his roots in the deep South combined into two ... impactful presidential campaigns. Appealing to the working people of urban enclaves like that of Chicago, young people on college campuses, and Black people across the South, he created the modern Democratic coalition, one that has been used by all major Democrats seeking national success from Obama to Biden to Harris"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Up from Greenville
- The civil rights years
- Jackson in Chicago
- Jackson vs. Daley
- Jackson in the 1970s
- The rise of Harold Washington
- "Run, Jesse, Run!"
- Building a movement
- A Rainbow Coalition is born
- Bridge to '88
- The run-up to announcing
- Off and running
- Michigan, Wisconsin, New York
- What Jesse wants
- From Jesse to Obama
- Legacy.
- Notes:
- "First edition: 2025"--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781250806314
- 1250806313
- OCLC:
- 1513890411
- Publisher Number:
- 90103128629
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