Photograph of Jesse Jackson protesting at the White House

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A color photograph depicting Jesse Jackson at a protest outside of the White House in 1985. Jackson is depicted walking down a city street with a large crowd of people. Wearing a long dark brown coat over a lighter brown sweater, light colored shirt and brown tie, he carries a handwritten sign that reads "JOBS / NOT / BOMBS." He is flanked on either side by men also carrying handwritten signs; the man to his proper left, Richard G. Hatcher, holds a sign that reads "JOBS / NOT / BOMB..." Behind and between Jackson and Hatcher is Kweisi Mfume. The man on Jesse Jackson's proper right, John E. Jacob, has linked his arm through Mr. Jackson's. He holds a handwritten sign that reads "JOBS / PEACE /..REEDOM.

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