For Jackson, Mixed Signals From Southern Whites; Poll Indicates Support Is Low; Candidate Urges Old Antagonisms Be Put Aside

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 3, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

Jesse L. Jackson came back to this civil rights battleground, seeking to enlist white support for his presidential candidacy and what he called "a crusade for economic justice and fairness."

As he campaigned in five states that will hold Democratic primaries or caucuses next week, Jackson picked up his first endorsement from a white statewide elected official in the South, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower.

But here, on the site of the "Bloody Sunday" voting-rights march that took place 23 years ago next week, and in his home town of Greenville, S.C., the signals were mixed on ...

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