{"product_id":"jesse-jackson-the-politics-of-charisma-hardback","title":"Jesse Jackson \u0026 the Politics of Charisma - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"On January 15, 1975, the Reverend Jesse Jackson was leading a \u003cbr\u003edemonstration around the White House to protest the lack of jobs for \u003cbr\u003eblack youths. As the demonstrators marched, Jackson was shocked to \u003cbr\u003ediscover that many of the black youths marching with him were drunk \u003cbr\u003eor on drugs, many of them \"\"out of control.\"\" Abruptly, he called a halt \u003cbr\u003eto the demonstration and sent the marchers home. \u003cbr\u003eWithin a few months, Jackson launched a national campaign in the \u003cbr\u003eurban high schools of the nation to save the black youths of his country, \u003cbr\u003eto get them off drugs and motivate them to work hard, study in school, \u003cbr\u003edevelop self-discipline, and become successful in American society. A \u003cbr\u003eprogram called PUSH for Excellence, or PUSH\/Excel, was an outgrowth \u003cbr\u003eof his Operation PUSH organization. Society had no solutions for the \u003cbr\u003eblack teenagers whom Jackson was trying to help, and his efforts were \u003cbr\u003ehighly praised, at first, by the media and government officials.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45547909251310,"sku":"9780367003272","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780367003272.jpg?v=1720256459","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/jesse-jackson-the-politics-of-charisma-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}