Jesse Jackson arrived at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in black limo with none other than Rosa Parks. He healed a huge rift among the Black Caucus when Coretta Scott King through her vote to Dukakis.

Your historical revisionism is just as racist as the damn Obama/Oprah machine's revisionism. Shirley Chisholm must be turning over in her grave.

From the Frontline/PBS website of their program "The Pilgrimmage of Jesse Jackson":

When he delivered this speech in Atlanta on July 19, 1988 just before 11 p.m., Jackson was at his highest. He had arrived at the convention with over 1200 delegates--second to Michael Dukakis. Only a few months earlier, his upset win in Michigan's primary had opened the possibility he could eventually achieve the Democratic nomination.

This speech, too, was hailed as one of the greatest ever made at a convention--comparable to William Jennings Bryan's 1896 "Cross of Gold" speech, said some observers. There were eighteen standing ovations. In the fifty-minute address, Jackson touched upon his origins in poverty, and affirmed to supporters that his presidential quest had not been futile. One supporter remarked, "Jackson in 1984 was an improbability. In 1988, it's totally possible....."