Jesse Jackson: 'economics means equality'
Updated on 20 August 2007
Why sell drugs when you can make more selling treasury bonds?
The American black leader Jesse Jackson has begun a five day 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 his visit told us they'll soon have 200,000 members - and companies which don't achieve more equality at a senior level could even face a boycott.
Reverend Jesse Jackson
- Professional civil rights activist and Baptist minister
- He was with Martin Luther King in Memphis when he was assassinated in 1968
- He was a candidate for Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988
- One million people turned out to hear him speak in Hyde Park, London at an anti-war demo against the invasion of Iraq in 2003
For young activists on London's estates, economic empowerment is the only solution for an increasingly violent and disaffected urban youth.
