Carolina Snaps
Reverend Jesse Jackson
Season 6 Episode 1 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Jesse Jackson's early activism laid the foundation for a lifelong legacy of leadership and change.
Before he became a civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson made history by challenging library segregation with the Greenville Eight. On July 16, 1960, Jackson and seven other students bravely entered the whites-only Greenville Public Library, paving the way for integration by September. His early activism laid the foundation for a lifelong legacy of leadership and change.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
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Carolina Snaps
Reverend Jesse Jackson
Season 6 Episode 1 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Before he became a civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson made history by challenging library segregation with the Greenville Eight. On July 16, 1960, Jackson and seven other students bravely entered the whites-only Greenville Public Library, paving the way for integration by September. His early activism laid the foundation for a lifelong legacy of leadership and change.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSouth Carolina's own Reverend Jesse Jackson made history challenging library segregation with the Greenville Eight.
Did you know that before Jesse Jackson's honorable role as a civil rights leader and marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. he was involved in a sit-in protesting racial segregation in public libraries.
After being denied at the main library, Jackson vowed to return in the summer to advocate for desegregation.
On July 16, 1960, Jesse Jackson was one of eight students who courageously entered the "Whites Only" Greenville Public Library.
By September, the libraries allowed integration.
Jackson has been a leader for change and later witnesses Martin Luther King Junior's assassination, became the first viable African-American presidential candidate and to negotiate the release of international hostages.
Reverend Jesse Jackson's early activism in South Carolina laid the foundation for his enduring legacy as a pivotal leader in the Civil Rights Movement and beyond.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.