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Jesse Jackson: “We have an amazing tolerance for black pain and for too long after our slave ships landed in New Orleans, you know, we…”

On the recordSeptember 1, 2005
We have an amazing tolerance for black pain and for too long after our slave ships landed in New Orleans, you know, we tolerated in the name of God slavery for 246 years.
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Jesse Jackson

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Jackson reflects on the historical context of racial suffering in America and its relevance to the current disaster response.

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