Jesse Jackson on US urban problems

Title

Jesse Jackson on US urban problems

Genre

Interview

TX Date

9 May 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:04:33

Description

Reverend Jesse Jackson tells Shauna Stafford racial segregation and poverty have become worse under President George H W Bush and says Washington DC should be given statehood so its people can elect senators and congressmen to represent their interests. Washington DC has the highest murder and infant mortality rates in the US. He also comments on taxation and the Los Angeles riots.

Contributors

Jesse Jackson; Shauna Stafford

Keywords

USA; Taxation; Interethnic relations; Homicide; Riots; Los Angeles; Child mortality; African-American peoples; Racial segregation; Poverty; Governance; Washington DC; George H. W. Bush; Mortality rate

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