Rev. Jesse Jackson's Iconic ‘David And Goliath’ Speech Still Matters Today | NowThis

'Pick up your sling shot, pick up your rock, declare our time has come, a new day has begun!’ - Rev. Jesse Jackson's iconic ‘David and Goliath’ speech from 1984 is just as relevant today.
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In US news and current events today, NowThis News is featuring this Rev. Jesse Jackson speech from 1984 for Black History Month (BHM). Years after the civil rights movement, this Jesse Jackson speech referencing David and Goliath is all too relevant. This civil rights speech is a must-watch during Black History Month.
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[@mickiemallorie]

"Rocks just laying around" what a powerful metaphor.

[@ano3758]

Shame in the end he sold out COMPLETELY!

[@redwood7121]

Was this before or after the first game hate crime he was involved in.?

[@shanrudra8310]

Ano when?

[@Andy-km1xp]

lp uh what?

[@elizabethmartinez2048]

Inspiring and sp very true...."rocks just laying around" just an incredible speech. I was like 11 years old then on 1980. I was a pebble then.

[@fayskelley]

🔥🔥 We love Bernie 🔥🔥

[@jorgetomas380]

Let's show it to everybody.

[@fayskelley]

real american The same person who gave you diarrhea of the mouth.

[@sergiovargas-pe3cw]

No, we love the empire

[@MercuryWolff]

Feel the Bernnnnnn 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@charlesm7589]

I feel it, but now we gotta go vote for Uncle Joe. That, is unless you want to see Trump's orange face for another 4 years.

[@afrozayasmin9470]

Charles M Uncle Joe long dead before he gets his job

[@MercuryWolff]

Charles M no one will “have” to vote for joe.

[@charlesm7589]

@@MercuryWolff IF you prefer Donald Dump, then you have more issues than I can address here.

[@charlesm7589]

@@afrozayasmin9470 You better hope not.

[@howwrongwewere]

This made me cry. Especially knowing today just how much more despair has been sown and how much that margin widened starting with reagan. The tragedy of how different things could have been and the reality of how close we were to being able to achieve a better path is devastating.

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@JohnGoetzGaming]

Reagan ran on morning in America and positivity and achieved it

[@user-wb8iu1hl6i]

@@JohnGoetzGaming Reaganomics and neoliberalism have destroyed this country over the past 40 years. There’s not much time left honestly

[@29lookingood]

WOW. I got shivers.

[@willdrucker4291]

Thank you Reverend Jackson for endorsing BERNIE SANDERS yesterday....OUR TIME HAS COME....Rocks and all

[@ApolloAlto]

@real american Yeah he's so racist that he endorsed a white guy, started a "rainbow coalition" and supports the rights of people from all sorts of backgrounds. If you're looking for a racist, lying fraud - look no further than the Mandarin Messiah in the White House.

[@charlesm7589]

@real american You're no american. Admit it, you're a Russian agent in one of Vlad's Hacker Centers. You won't get a rise out of me!!!

[@cooleekbrown1728]

The amount of brainwashing in the two messages here are...

[@beaugoss4833]

BERNIE SANDERS IS A MENTAL CASE THAT WANTS THE COUNTRY TO BE SOCIALIST (FK THAT) AS FOR JESSE JACKSON....BLACK PEOPLE ONLY VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN COLOR

[@taochi100]

Red,yellow black and white where all Precious in God's Site Quit being a rock, just layin around.

[@trippingtonproductionsco.7641]

Don’t be rocks y’all

[@harsimarbhatia2927]

Bernie Sanders 2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@thejimd]

Legendary

[@declan__767]

If I was around in the 80’s I would’ve definitely voted for him

[@Susan-ds1th]

👍

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@@Susan-ds1th +1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@radioblipmode3143]

Boooo Jesse Jackson!

[@MrJaespun]

Very powerful to hear & motivational

[@michaelgold9874]

I’m not even a Democrat and this speech is fire. We need more passionate men like this to rise up and have a voice. Men who really believe in something. Respect to Mr. Jackson.

[@damonmohammadbagher8650]

I love this "MAN" forever...

[@mauricesantinomf]

What's with the air quotes?

[@thejollyfrog2791]

A great man from an Australian Aboriginals point of view

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@Eldrad235]

I'm getting the feeling that this channel is feeling the Bern

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@cortez_d3352]

Rev. Jackson speech gave me chills. What a different world would be living if we America would have elected this Man. He was truly a once in a lifetime Candidate!

[@Melissa-yd4se]

It was political coup 2016. Sad.

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you

[@helenzych6028]

Inspiring!

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@Kyosanym]

Powerful!

[@mxmajewski]

Amazing

[@user-cv7nj7xt7h]

Oceans of blessings y'all ❤❤❤❤❤

[@stevencolatrella3257]

Brought tears to my eyes. I hope this brings the inspiration we need to win the crucial primaries tonight, March 11, 2020 for Bernie, with Jesse's help.

[@LimitlessThinker]

Reagan raised the age to get Social Security from 65 yrs old to 67 yrs old. Now we have a Republican President wanting to cut Social Security and other benefits that assist the needy. It's cruel. Republicans steal from the poor to give to the rich. People worked and paid taxes and shouldn't have their govr skimming such programs. The President & his cronies are already wealthy and Trump gave his buddies the biggest tax cut of all time, but the poorest will have their benefits taken away. Vote Democrat in November Americans! Time to do what little David did! In our time that means VOTE them out!

[@kinkle_Z]

For us here in California, the election is always over at the Democratic Convention in July.

[@nicknissen901]

Limitless lay off the kool aid trump will win 2020 by a landslide

[@ART-dy2eh]

Biden agreed with every cut he proposed.

[@dissonance2675]

Fun Fact: Bernie supported Jackson's David vs Goliath campaign. Fun Fact: Jackson didn't support Bernie's 2016 David vs Goliath campaign ✌🏼

[@nicknissen901]

@salg yes it is trump 2020

[@dissonance2675]

@salg And yet is THAT not the moral: to support a fierce underdog NOT when it's convenient but when it's risky?

[@RyanVanHorne]

When Bernie Sanders endorsed Jesse Jackson in 1988, a white Democrat woman named Hellen Malloy slapped Bernie Sanders in the face at the meeting in Burlington, Vt. There's a story about it in the New York Times if you care to look it up.

[@ShiroIMKS]

Dissonance he endorsed him today

[@dzentrax4517]

your comment didnt age well. Rev. Jackson endorsed Sanders today

[@georgeluis7072]

Thank you Jesse❤💯

[@bryandenos101]

Simply beautiful!!! Let’s pick up those rocks and get Bernie the nomination! If not we’ll be sitting here 32 years from now wondering what if!!

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@carriesee8547]

Wowwww goosebumps

[@terrisuder7455]

Boomers for BERNIE!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@oldsalt8011]

He pussied-out against Hillary.

[@MemphisMafia]

Thank God for this man

[@PropertyMasterNY]

♥️🔥✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🔥♥️

[@missinterpretation4984]

I have no idea why I’m crying but I’m all fired up!

[@xute89]

Bernie

[@doove5217]

💪💪

[@pennyastalos6953]

God Bless Jesse Jackson

[@debbieharris6193]

Powerful speech we must remember we face certain ramifications when we don't vote let's start holding them to their words and not just talk about it do what you said you wil do cut the small talk l'm tired of it already.

[@captain4053]

My hero Jesse Jackson

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you

[@SodaiGoku]

David and Goliath is like Bernie and Bloomberg The people’s champion vs the billionaire oligarch

[@medusaspupil]

More like trump tiny hands vs Bernie

[@SodaiGoku]

@Master Blaster that will come after Bloomberg.

[@prestok]

You're just increasing the divide among your own. Think about what that meant in 2016, all those people who went "Bernie or bust" and then voted for Trump or Jill. Look where that got you

[@SodaiGoku]

@prestok are you kidding? Look back at the options, Hillary Clinton was basically just as bad as Trump! A corrupt manipulating warmongering hack! So who in their right mind would vote for someone like her?! Bernie’s like a f**ken angel in comparison to those two!

[@bananaboat805]

@@prestok No. He's taking a stand. If you truly wanted to beat Trump, why demoralize those with the strongest convictions? They are your ally....if one faction clearly won't bend and the other is wishy washy touting "vote blue NO MATTER WHO"...isn't the choice obvious??

[@destroctiveblade843]

I don't think I have ever heard such a beautiful speech. It appears then wasn't the time for someone like jessie to run, but today, someone with that energy, that power, that passion, would do even better than bernie, he would blow them all in a landslide. May god help us all...

[@fuckryou]

''Red yellow black white we all are precious in God's sight'' Beautiful! Nothing can beat that. it is time to pick our sling-shots and stand for humanity and our world. There should be no borders no restrictions for interaction among us all so God bless the us all, not racists.

[@fuckryou]

@Felipe Murillo did I say we should adapt one culture? Nope. What I meant was no race is superior to others.

[@sarahsiddiqui9591]

Wow 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@xj3130]

If Bernie didn’t turn out the youth vote, I really don’t know who can. I guess Super Tuesday showed us rocks were stuck on the ground. That really makes it hard to be hopeful.

[@benrae9024]

We weren't expecting Goliath on Super Tuesday. Goliath is supposed to be the ENEMY... not the people who ought support the poor, or the sick. The people Jesse Jackson was calling to.

[@aliceleeds510]

This is the first election I got excited about as a young woman. Listening to this excerpt from. a 1984 rally reminds me why.

[@taeng0077]

y'all im tryna not cry this man is a living legend

[@pastorcharleshumphrey9418]

That was profoundly impressive! Rocks. Just laying around!

[@user-vx9dm4gg2h]

Praise GOD for this brother giving US a lesson and a leadership about what GOD sent DAVID(peace be on HIM)🇸🇦👨🏽‍🎓🕋👨🏽‍🎓to tell the people HOW to defeat your GOLIATH

[@sahira2525]

Please guys go and vote for Bernie he is the only one who can we trust 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥we love Bernie.

[@ninateo2804]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thecollector427]

First time I heard about him was in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing". The movie took me to this video. He seems like a great man.

[@DiveEntertainment47]

Imagine if Ronald Reagan would’ve has Jackson as his Opponent...what a Blockbuster that would’ve been

[@Simonsays7258]

Wow! Wow! Wow! 😥🙏✌✊✊❤💕

[@GABRIEL_CRAFT]

🐦 🇺🇲 B E R N I E 🇺🇸

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@mizuka6501]

Bernie stood by him from the beginning. Go vote for Bernie tomorrow!!! ❤️ ❤️

[@ryanweaver962]

I saw him speak at IUP in 1993… very impactful. His speech talked about Native Americans, African Ame, women and on and on. But also about paper revolution. The process. He also worked in healing and iterations of mental courage and diversity of understanding. It’s a lot, I have a hard time understanding how I’m depth those acts and words resonates for him… I never claim to understand… but I carried those words and emotions with me as I grew and worked. Fractionated improvement is not just gathering but it also is…

[@WhatSoEverThingsAreLovely]

What a fantastic metaphor....and no teleprompter!! trump says he will treat "rocks as weapons" and "will retaliate with deadly force"!! This is why he is shutting all the student & rural voting places!!

[@thejollyfrog2791]

This brings tears to my eyes one of the greatest speeches in the history of the USA and the world he is one of the biggest and greatest personalities to ever grace the planet to me he is and will always be a giant

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you

[@robertoamador2596]

Not me us. Is time to get the rocks and the slim shot. And fitgh. DAVID Beat GOLIATH. Lest go brothes rise. Rise

[@GeorgeLittlewood29]

That Rocks Reverend Jesse Jackson

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you

[@willwright2099]

WOW! Rocks just laying around!

[@goodnatureart]

My daily prayer. Get out the vote!

[@saraM-ey5kd]

The greedy and corrupt among us aren't capable of hearing the truth until it becomes too late!

[@gravityninja3562]

AMEN!!!🙌🙌🙌🐲🐲🐲

[@charlesm7589]

This is particularly relevant to all of us Bernie supporters. We can't pout, we have to vote. Remember last time?

[@GoodSoulPossible]

Is Jackson somehow related to Will Smith? Coz Will Smith near about looks like him.

[@JodyBreeze-jb9ig]

- We are in a battle for the soul of this nation - Joseph Robinette Biden Jr

[@estellacohen7122]

Don't let Trump be re-elected by "The Margin of Despair"!! Keep our American democracy alive.

[@throatgorge2]

This man went to Standing Rock.

[@Susan-ds1th]

This speech was the initial rousing of me toward "wokeness" regarding american politics, and I've not slept since!

[@JodyBreeze-jb9ig]

This speech paved the way for another Chicago's son who made his national debut at the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston: Barrack H. Obama.

[@angelaefferson4409]

Why does he call himself Rev. and I can find not one sermon

[@kidbank2594]

“ Don’t cry about what you don’t have ” “ Use what you got “ 🤔

[@user-cn7si7ph9d]

Thy kingdom Will Come Thy Will Be Done On Earth as it tis in Heaven Its Not like this…….,,,,,,,???????

[@jewish_slave_of_YESHUA_n_YHVH]

1 Corinthians 6:9 King James Version 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

[@elisabetdelgado8617]

español si es posible

[@Raughwe]

I’m a conservative, but I LOVE his cadence.

[@elisabetdelgado8617]

traducir al español

[@Bmanritchie]

THANKS FOR SANDERS ENDORSEMENT!

[@billiejean1495]

What happened to the people Jessie? The didn't pick up the rocks to kill the giant. They built a garden for their oppressors.

[@babyshsrk6977]

What a dog! God bless Malcolm X- RIP. I've met Jessie and he is narcissistic beyond.

[@sevengenerations8879]

.Contrast this speech with Michael Dukakis' robotic reply in the Presidential debate when the moderator asked Dukakis about his opposition to the death penalty in the context of a hypothetical question ("If your wife Kitty was raped and murdered.....") ...... .... back then, newspapers rarely covered Jesse Jackson's speeches in detail - and when they did, they often mis-characterized him. I think it was the Democrats who were more afraid of him than the Republicans; he was a true progressive, not one of the "corporate Democrats" that always seem to ... lose.

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you.

[@don3465]

This racist needs to be ignored.

[@SuperEROQ]

I'm praying for this free mason's salvation... So sad he followed the wrong Jesus his whole life and preached another gospel scripture warned us about... He been a false teacher his whole life

[@androidbey]

Dont feel the bern vote vote

[@S.J.L]

The left is Goliath (the ultra corporation of statism) & the a mixture of philistines & pharisees. Ho, ho, hey, hey, Western civilization has to stay.

[@AG-sc6pm]

What took you so long to endorse Bernie?

[@juanvargas174]

I mean , we have to hold on to hope , but theres the electoral college......

[@joananthony6323]

The win needs to be decisive and not concentrated in a couple of States. Bernie is more sensible than Clinton and doesn't have her sense of entitlement so there is more chance. The problems and probably more this time about the rigging of the primaries and everyone ignoring Buttigieg's involvement particularly in Iowa and Nevada.

[@albertovildosola5175]

I also want BERNIE TO WIN!! But he WON'T if persists on running within the Dem party and keeps calling Joe Biden "my good friend Joe"!! And Shame On Jim Clayburn!! I remember JJ campaigns in the 80's: The National Rainbow Coalition!

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+1 (210) 7 9 1‑4 9 8 9,God bless you

[@redwood7121]

WAS THIS BEFORE HE STARTED FAKING HATE CRIMES.?

[@cjjj4028]

Ohh no! A bible story on a woke Christian hating channel! How dare they?

[@kinkle_Z]

David and Goliath is an ancient story in the Torah, nothing to do with Christianity. Wake up!

[@frankmill2.07]

@Cj Jj the speech had nothing to do with the Bible just metaphors ...your Rock Brain is definitely laying on the ground

[@29lookingood]

@@frankmill2.07 Sick 🔥

[@cjjj4028]

@@kinkle_Z the torah? Okay lady. Sorry your butthurt. David was king of the Israelites. It's in the bible loser.

[@nicknissen901]

Trump 2020

[@TJL2010]

Jesse Jackson is a disgrace to his community. Ask him about Martin... 👀 And if you ain’t black I don’t care what you have to say about my comment. I personally rather hear Les Brown and Rev. Ike speak. 🙂

[@LoveAlwaysAlwaysLove]

I really like Rev. Ike - My aunt-in-law worked with him in the 70's as a personal advisor. My husband and I enjoyed Thanksgiving with her and her family in L.A.. I adored Martin ~ I still do💜🙏💜🙏💜🙏

[@blueswallowtail4628]

John 8:7, Golden Lady

[@tarikabaraka2251]

Jesse Louis Jackson es un activista por los derechos civiles y pastor bautista en los Estados Unidos. Fue candidato a las primarias presidenciales del Partido Demócrata en 1984 y 1988 y ejerció como senador de facto para el Distrito de Columbia desde 1991 hasta 1997.

[@chuychongas]

Bernie