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American Baptist minister, activist, and politician (born 1941)

This article is about the civil rights activist. For his son, a former U.S. Representative from Illinois, see Jesse Jackson Jr. For other uses, see Jesse Jackson (disambiguation).

Jesse Louis Jackson^[1] (néBurns; born October 8, 1941)^[1] is an American civil rightsactivist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades. He served from 1991 to 1997 as a shadow delegate and senator for the District of Columbia. Jackson is the father of former U.S. RepresentativeJesse Jackson Jr. and current U.S. Representative Jonathan Jackson.

Jackson began his activism in the 1960s and founded the organizations that merged to form the Rainbow/PUSH organization. Extending his

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Findings and primary sources from In The Dark, årstid 2, the investigation of the Curtis Flowers case.

Trial transcripts

APM Reports reviewed the trial transcripts for all six trials of Curtis Flowers, along with related briefs, hearings, exhibits, court orders, appeals, and other documents.

Flowers' first, second, and third trials each ended in a conviction and death sentence.

Flowers' fourth and fifth trials ended in mistrials when jurors couldn't agree on a verdict.

Flowers' sixth trial ended in a conviction and death sentence.

EPISODE 1

D.A. Doug Evans' redogörelse to the jurors

Doug Evans described Flowers as a disgruntled former employee of Tardy Furniture. Evans noted that Flowers had worked at the store for three days earlier that summer. Evans told the jurors that Flowers had been fired and that he'd committed the murders because he was angry at the store's owner, Bertha Tardy.

However, two victims' relatives — Benny Rigby and Frank Ballard — to

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Watch the Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. Trailer Here

IN TIME FOR GOSPEL HERITAGE MONTH,

THE SET MARKS THE CULMINATION OF A SIX-MONTH CAMPAIGN CELEBTRATING THE PIONEERING STAX RECORDS IMPRINT

Available on vinyl, CD and digital formats, the compilation includes all 17 singles issued through the Gospel Truth label, including songs by The Rance Allen Group, Joshie Joe Armstead, Rev. Maceo Woods And The Christian Tabernacle Concert Choir, and Louise McCord, among others

Los Angeles, CA—Craft Recordings announces the release of The Gospel Truth: The Complete Singles Collection, a brand new, comprehensive compilation that spotlights The Gospel Truth Records—an imprint of the legendary soul label, Stax Records. Set for a November 13th release date and available digitally today, The Gospel Truth: The Complete Singles Collection includes all 17 singles – plus their respective B-sides – issued by the imprint between 1972 and 1974. Physical formats of the title, which