Jesse Jackson was born to Helen Burns, a teenager, and Noah L. Robinson, her married neighbor. He was given the name Jesse Louis Burns. About a year after his birth, Helen Burns married Charles Jackson, who later adopted Jesse. At about the age of 15, he took his stepfather’s surname.
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