Jesse Jackson (2015 Event)

One of the best-respected and most formidable civil rights
activists of the 20th century, the Reverend Jesse Jackson worked
for Martin Luther King in the 1960s. During his later political
career, he specialised in high-profile international diplomacy,
negotiating with Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein and Slobodan
Milošević among others. In this keynote event, recorded live at
the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Jackson discusses a
life of campaigning for black rights and human understanding with
Scottish journalist Ruth Wishart.