Had A Vote

I was starting to feel sorry for Jesse Jackson  Jr. and then I  was reminded he did this to himself. He should have kept on as the Congressman of the 7th district in  the Illinois house of representatives. He won that seat without even campaigning. He only made one-robo call before the last election. And he won by a landslide. Just like Harold Ford Jr., he is an also ran.  Jackson was too black, and Ford wasn't black enough. President Obama came right up the middle. If not the last, he will be the last black president for a very long time. Which leaves the rest of  his other class men hanging with no where to go. What's between the ceiling and the floor?

In a way Jesse Jr. is a disappointment to the keepers of the struggle. He was sort of the last of the Mohican's so to speak. He is the last child to build a career off the legacy of their father. Even though Jesse Jackson is still shaking companies down himself. His son benefited from the name his father built. The King children have come short of the dream. Some of them have issues, and none of them have children. The Martin Luther King Jr. legacy ended with his wife. Coretta Scott King was taken care of until she died. That was his responsibility and take care of the children until they were grown. The children have litigated themselves into irrelevance. Then the late Hosea Williams' granddaughter is using his name to hold fundraisers. Which is what I think is the latest hustle. Raising money and giving the children donated toys and coats. With all the organizations for children in Atlanta. There shouldn't be a child in need of anything in that city.

Jesse Jackson  Jr. was really the first to  take the momentum of the movement of the sixties to the  next level. The NAACP and the SCLC are not government organizations. Regardless of their influence among blacks.  Today we don't have the advantage of eyewitnesses. Not including Civil Rights Icon Georgia Rep. John Lewis. Who has the distinction of being the only freedom fighter left who actually got his head busted for the struggle. Jesse Jackson Jr. is an elected official. Not  just a glorified preacher with charisma. Unlike his father and those of his ilk.. He actually had a vote.