Yes. If you look at the old pictures you can see him standing on the balcony near the door pointing in a direction where the shot came from that hit King.
Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson
Left to right in the picture are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph David Abernathy on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel Memphis hotel, a day before King's assassination. April 3, 1968.
No he did not.
He worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and worked on operation PUSH, which gave blacks more economic power.
Martin Luther King tried to help bring equality to all blacks and whites in America
Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson
Left to right in the picture are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph David Abernathy on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel Memphis hotel, a day before King's assassination. April 3, 1968.
No he did not.
Jesse Jackson was standing next to Martin Luther King Jr. when he was shot.
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
The two of them worked together to spread their message in the 1960s, but they are not related beyond that.
He worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and worked on operation PUSH, which gave blacks more economic power.
The cast of Memories of Martin - 1986 includes: Harry Belafonte as himself Jesse Jackson as himself Ted Kennedy as himself Martin Luther King as himself
Born: 8 October 1941Birthplace: Greenville, South CarolinaBest Known As: Aide to Martin Luther King and candidate for U.S. president
Martin Luther King tried to help bring equality to all blacks and whites in America
Jesse Jackson is so important and considered a civil rights leader because he walked with Martin Luther king Jr to fight for blacks rights.