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His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in the same boat tonight.

His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in the same boat tonight.

Jesse Jackson
Slave Ships, America, Diversity

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

Jesse Jackson
Color, America, Diversity
1988 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 19 July 1988, Omni Coliseum, Atlanta GA

I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.

Jesse Jackson
Justice, Diversity, Political
Quoted in Playboy, Nov. 1969

When blacks are unemployed, they are considered lazy and apathetic. When whites are unemployed, it's considered a depression.

Jesse Jackson
Justice, Diversity, Lazy

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