There's a nonstop line between the March in Selma in 1965 and inauguration in Washington in 2009.
Jesse Jackson: “There's a nonstop line between the March in Selma in 1965 and inauguration in Washington in 2009.”
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Jackson draws a connection between historic civil rights struggles and Obama's potential presidency.
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