{"id":184568,"date":"2026-02-19T13:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/184568\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:22:58","slug":"community-reflects-on-jesse-jacksons-1988-campaign-stop-in-fresno-cbs47-and-ksee24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/184568\/","title":{"rendered":"Community reflects on Jesse Jackson\u2019s 1988 campaign stop in Fresno\u00a0 | CBS47 and KSEE24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KSEE\/KGPE<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0Reverend Jesse Jackson\u2019s 1988 campaign for the democratic nomination for president brought him to Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Those who were there during his visit say even years later, his campaign stop in the valley inspired them to lead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember when he came to Fresno, he came to the Warnors Theater, and as the car pulled up, it was raining that day, and he pulled up a rainbow appeared behind him,\u201d Mel Sanders said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said it was that moment when he first realized he was witnessing history firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a down-to-earth guy. I mean, when he was in the room, he was talking to us like we were just friends,\u201d Sanders said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sanders says during\u00a0Jackson\u2019s campaign visit, he got to share a meal with him and learn not just about why he wanted to become the president but why people just like him should have hope for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew he was running nationally, but to come to Fresno and spend time with us and let us know how important it was for us to be a part of the whole process of him being elected or selected to be Democratic nominee,\u201d Sanders added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sanders said his legacy should be remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Local\u00a0civil rights leader Dr. Floyd D. Harris Junior is trying to keep his legacy alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He knew him and organized a vigil for Jackson at Free AME Ministries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe encouraged me. He said, whatever you do, stand, stand for what\u2019s right, stand for justice, stand for liberation. Stand for freedom,\u201d Floyd said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tSuggest a Correction<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose Modal<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSuggest a Correction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE\/KGPE) \u2013\u00a0Reverend Jesse Jackson\u2019s 1988 campaign for the democratic nomination for president brought him to Fresno.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[87130,112,114,113,87131,87132,87133],"class_list":{"0":"post-184568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-free-ame-ministries","9":"tag-fresno","10":"tag-fresno-headlines","11":"tag-fresno-news","12":"tag-mel-sanders","13":"tag-reverend-jesse-jackson","14":"tag-warnors-theater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}