Across
- 2. Jackson's original birth name
- 5. "I am ________": A signature Jackson slogan
- 6. 1988 landslide primary win in this state earned Jackson brief front runner status
- 7. Night Live Hosted this NBC comedy show (October 20, 1984)
- 10. Jr. Son who represented Illinois in Congress (1995-2012)
- 11. Title of tribute song by Roberta Flack (1971), Grandmaster Melle Mel (1984)
- 14. Jackson's first leadership role came at Operation ______________ in 1966
- 16. Joined protests over this MO city's fatal police shooting (2014)
- 19. First name of Jesse Jackson's wife; married in 1962
Down
- 1. Joined sit-in that integrated this SC city's library system (1960)
- 2. Religious denomination of Jackson's ministry
- 3. Jackson started his civil rights career with this organization
- 4. Won this Navy flier's release from Syria in 1983
- 8. of Illinois Came here on a football scholarship (1959)
- 9. DC Jackson served this area as "Shadow Senator" (1991-96)
- 12. Marched here with MLK (1965)
- 13. Jackson's political and spiritual mentor
- 15. Carolina Jackson's home state; won this Presidential primary here in 1984
- 17. Led this nonprofit group for 52 years, until his retirement
- 18. Africa Visited this nation (1979) to protest its apartheid policies