Jesse Jackson is a prominent figure in the civil rights movement who worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. Jackson also founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity, later People United to Serve Humanity) in 1971 and the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984. The two organizations, which merged in 1996 to form the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, sought equal rights for African Americans, women, and members of the LGBTQ+ community, among other goals. Jackson also staged two presidential bids (1984 and 1988) that were the most successful by an African American until Barack Obama was elected president in 2008.
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