The young man is the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The stoop is on the set of “Sesame Street,” in 1972. The ...
His 1972 appearance showed Americans what a beloved community could look like, integrated and full of promise ...
The civil rights leader went on the show in 1972, leading a group of children in reciting the poem “I Am Somebody.” Originally written by Rev. William Holmes Borders Sr., the piece asserts that ...