The young man is the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The stoop is on the set of “Sesame Street,” in 1972. The ...
Before his two presidential runs and the founding of the Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Jesse Jackson appeared on “Sesame Street” with a simple message to share with children: “I am somebody.” ...
The civil rights leader went on the show in 1972, leading a group of children in reciting the poem “I Am Somebody.” Originally written by Rev. William Holmes Borders Sr., the piece asserts that ...
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