Hillary Clinton is gearing up to start her lengthy presidential campaign to earn the votes from citizens in the 2016 election, but immediate with supporters…

( October 8, 1941 – ) The Rev. Jesse Jackson, activist and 1988 presidential candidate, was born in Greenville SC, on October 8th in 1941.Jackson was sworn in as Special Envoy to Africa on this date in 1997. His role involved working to build democratic reform in the region.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, activist and 1988 presidential candidate, became the first Black to address a joint session of Congress on May 24,1983. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~