original name is Jesse Louis Burns
(born October 8, 1941, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.) American civilian rights leader, Baptist minister, and baby-kisser whose bids for the U.S. admiral (in the Democratic Party's choice contest in 1983–84 and 1987–88) were the best acknowledged by an African American until 2008, back Barack Obama captured the Democratic presidential nomination. Jackson's activity and career accept been apparent by both ability and controversy.
Jesse adopted the name of his stepfather, Charles Jackson, at about age 15. A acceptable apprentice in aerial school, Jesse was adopted chic admiral and after abounding the University of Illinois (1959–60) on a football scholarship. He again transferred to the predominantly atramentous Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina in Greensboro and accustomed a B.A. in folklore (1964). He confused to Chicago in 1966, did alum assignment at the Chicago Theological Seminary, and was advancing a Baptist abbot in 1968.Jackson married Jacqueline Lavinia Brown (born 1944) on, December 31, 1962,[7][8] and they had five children: Santita (1963), Jesse Jr. (1965), Jonathan Luther (1966), Yusef DuBois (1970), and Jacqueline Lavinia (1975).[9]
In 2001, it was revealed Jackson had an affair with a staffer, Karin Stanford, that resulted in the birth of a daughter, Ashley, in May 1999. According to CNN, in August 1999, The Rainbow Push Coalition had paid Stanford $15,000 in moving expenses and $21,000 in payment for contracting work. A promised advance of an additional $40,000 against future contracting work was rescinded once the affair became public.[10] This incident prompted Jackson to withdraw from activism for a short time.[11] Separate from the 1999 Rainbow Coalition payments, Jackson pays $4,000 a month in child support.
