Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to ge…

Jesse Jackson
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Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality. ✨ Jesse Jackson: What I've Learned by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 12, 2008.
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