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Jesse Jackson: There's a nonstop line between the March in Selma in 1965 and inauguration in Washington in 2009.

On the recordJanuary 15, 2007
There's a nonstop line between the March in Selma in 1965 and inauguration in Washington in 2009.
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Jesse Jackson

Editor's note · Context

Jackson draws a connection between historic civil rights struggles and Obama's potential presidency.

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