NOTE to students: Before answering the questions, read the "Background" and watch the videos under "Resources."

1. Who was Jesse Jackson?

2. a) What did Jesse Jackson do throughout his life?
b) What is he most well known for?

3. List the jobs/positions Jackson held throughout his life.

4. a) What great success did Jesse Jackson have in running the SCLC's Chicago branch of Operation Breadbasket?
b) For what reason did Jackson resign from the SCLC in 1971?

5. a) What two organizations did Jesse Jackson found and later merge together? - What was the goal of each organization?
b) What was the name of the organization he created from the two?

6. Re-read Jesse Jackson's 2018 comments on the state of equality in the U.S. from paragraph 12.
Then re-read his 2000 comments on the state of U.S. unity in from paragraph 18.
a) With which statement do you agree more: Jackson's 2018 view or his 2000 view? Explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent - and if possible a grandparent - the same question.

7. What impresses/inspires/encourages you most about Jesse Jackson's life and the success of the civil rights movement?