Foreword / by Rev. Otis Moss, Jr. -- Introduction / by Grace Ji-Sun Kim -- Biography of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. -- Part 1. Sermons -- The message of Easter (Chicago, Illinois, April 19, 2003) -- The moral center (Riverside Church, New York City, March 20, 2005) -- Beauty from the ashes (Soweto, South Africa, June 18, 2006) -- Faith without works Is dead (November 2008) -- Wrestling with the living word (Orlando, Florida, February 1, 2012) -- My Father's church (Pretorius, South Africa, April 27, 2013) Part 2. Speeches -- The rainbow nation : Address to the 1984 Democratic Party Convention (San Francisco, July 18, 1984) -- Common ground : Address to the 1988 Democratic Party Convention (Atlanta, Georgia, July 19, 1988) -- From slavery to freedom : leveling the playing field (Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 2002) -- Beating swords into plowshares (Bangkok, Thailand, November 2003) -- The challenge to build a more perfect union (Chicago, Illinois, June 28, 2004) -- Globalization : The promise and the peril (New Delhi, India, November 20, 2007) -- Dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Bridge (Danville, Virginia, September 18, 2008) -- Global peace and unity conference (The Islam Channel, October 22, 2008) -- The journey of our ancestors (Dakar, Senegal, April 3, 2010) -- Speaking truth to power (London, U.K., October 21, 2010) -- Dr. King in today's America ( 2011) -- Bold leadership, new direction (Doha, Qatar, May 9, 2011) -- Racism and conflict (New York City, March 21, 2012) -- Reflections on 50 years of struggle (Washington, D.C., April 24, 2013) -- Tribute to Nelson Mandela (New York City, July 18, 2013) -- We seek a new heaven and a new Earth : 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington (Washington, D.C., August 24, 2013) -- Free, but not equal : keep dreaming (Cartagena, Colombia, September 18, 2013) -- Launching a new university (Abuja, Nigeria, October 23, 2013) -- With justice for all : human rights and civil rights at home and abroad (Cambridge, England, December 2, 2013) -- Concluding thoughts from Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. -- Afterword : Keep fighting / by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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"Selected sermons and speeches by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., one of the foremost champions of civil rights--a moral conscience of this nation"-- Provided by publisher.
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