The Reverend Jesse Jackson has come to Nottingham as part of 'The Economics of Colour' tour to help launch the 'Equanomics Campaign' - the visit aims is to help achieve racial justice through economic equality.
He was an American Presidential Candidate [failed obviously] for the Democratic Party and general civil rights activist.
He has begun a tour of cities across the country to present a radical move to tackle the economic inequalities faced by Britain's ethnic minorities.
The group organising said they'll soon have 200,000 members - and companies which don't achieve more equality at a senior level could even face a boycott.
After this event at the Council House, he went on to address a meeting of 600 people at the Pilgrim Church, Queen's Walk, in the Meadows
Other places he's visiting are:
Bristol
London
Birmingham
Leicester
Nottingham
Liverpool
Manchester
Sheffield
Bradford
Jesse Jackson: From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Jackson JJ comes to bristol
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=26685 "Economics of Colour"
Jesse Jackson marks 200 years of slave trade abolition
http://www.24dash.com/communities/26345.htm Operation Black Vote
http://www.obv.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 Jesse Jackson in Nottingham on Friday
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