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Jesse Jackson, Sesame Street

When Jesse Jackson Came to ‘Sesame Street’: ‘I Am! Somebody!’

The young man is the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The stoop is on the set of “Sesame Street,” in 1972. The call-and-response is a version of one that Jackson, who died on Tuesday at 84, led at rallies for years and recorded on an album.

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Watch: Rev. Jesse Jackson recites ‘I Am Somebody’ with kids on ‘Sesame Street’

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Jesse Jackson: A life in pictures

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Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84

Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic p...

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Barack Obama pays tribute to 'true giant' as Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

The 'Sesame Street' Episode So Scary It Disappeared

One year before her Sesame Street appearance, Hamilton appeared on another PBS series, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. She appeared as herself, alongside the series' star, Fred Rogers.

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Metal box with Sesame Street scene

This metal box with a detachable top is printed on its exterior with a scene from Sesame Street. The image shows Muppet characters from the series in and around its urban brownstone set. Characters depicted include Ernie and Bert, Oscar the Grouch, Telly ...