People in the News, 3rd prize
Kenneth Jarecke
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01 January, 1988
In a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Jesse Jackson campaign sweeps the US. The black leader's enthusiastic, inspired speeches won him over seven million votes, but not enough to beat Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.
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