Jesse Jackson holds his hands up after announcing he will...

Jesse Jackson holds his hands up after announcing he will seek the Democratic nomination for president, with his campaign chairman Mayor Richard Hatcher, left, of Gary Ind., and Mayor Marion Barry of Washington, D.C., in Washington, Nov. 3, 1983. Credit: AP/Scott Stewart

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson was profiled by The Associated Press when he was a 41-year-old civil rights activist preparing his historic 1984 campaign for the presidency. The AP is republishing that story, by the late AP writer Sharon Cohen, as it appeared on Aug. 7, 1983.

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Ex-captain pleads guilty to drugging, raping cadet ... Laundry company agrees to pay back $400G in wages ... Mets report card Credit: Newsday

Dangerous heat ... Ex-captain pleads guilty to drugging, raping cadet ... Port Washington development approved ... America 250: Manor of St. George

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