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The Jesse Jackson that I knew
Rick Davis recounts 35 years with Jesse Jackson, highlighting their CNN show, Jackson's dedication, and his impact on civil rights and voting rights advocacy.
- On Feb 27, 2026, Davis reflected on a 35-year relationship with Jesse Jackson, who died on February 17, 2026, and his CNN show Both Sides with Jesse Jackson.
- In 1991, Ed Turner asked Davis to meet Jesse Jackson and oversee a weekly show, despite Davis's initial resistance because Jackson was not a journalist.
- On the Tripoli assignment, Davis recalls that local men shouted 'Jesse's name' and slit a goat's throat, which upset CNN management.
- Despite the show's termination, Davis reports that Jesse Jackson visited him in December 2002 after surgery, showing continued personal care and friendship.
- Following his retirement in 2021, Rick Davis recalled Jackson's 2017 Parkinson's disease diagnosis and his October 2021 visit to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition offices in Chicago.
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The Jesse Jackson that I knew
When former CNN executive Rick Davis was asked to create a CNN show with Jesse Jackson as host, he didn’t imagine it would spark a 30-year friendship that challenged Davis’ beliefs, touched his family and took him halfway across the world.
·Atlanta, United States
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Jesse Jackson and the Unfinished Struggle of the American Century
Jesse Jackson’s career traced the arc of US power at home and abroad, from Jim Crow segregation to the high tide of Reagan-era conservatism. Through coalition politics, corporate boycotts, and two presidential bids, he pressed race and class inequality into the Democratic Party’s centre. His life offers a lens on the promises and limits of the American Century.
·India
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