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Jesse Jackson: “We must engage in the moral struggle, define this. I was hungry and you fed me or you fed me not.”

On the recordNovember 2, 2004
We must engage in the moral struggle, define this. I was hungry and you fed me or you fed me not.
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Jesse Jackson

Editor's note · Context

Jackson calls for the Democratic Party to engage in moral issues and define their values in terms of social justice.

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