Conventional wisdom suggests Rev. Jesse Jackson’s infamous, unfortunate, off-the-record, 1984 “Hymietown” comment radically reshaped and further degraded Black-Jewish relations. It’s true. But not for ...
(JTA) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Black leader who sought to build a “rainbow coalition” for America’s future but struggled to include Jews in it, has died at 84. For American Jews, Jackson’s use of ...
Speaking Sunday in Detroit at the annual gathering of the Nation of Islam, Minister Louis Farrakhan, 92, spoke of his own mortality as he praised Detroit leaders, the late Rev. Jesse Jackson and a ...
The Nation of Islam gathered in Detroit for their annual Saviours' Day holiday and convention. The Nation of Islam has held their national gathering in Detroit six times over the past dozen years. Min ...