Jesse Jackson – a super-charged orator

Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist who became the US’s first black presidential candidate has died.He played a leading role in virtually every campaign for civil rights, sexual and racial equality, and economic and social justice. One of America’s best known public figures, he was called the “conscience of the nation” and “the great unifier”.He had an astounding talent for publicity and words came easily to him. ‘As an orator he had the power to raise