(Rev) Jesse Jackson and (Rev) Al Sharpton are 2 black guys who are self styled champions/spokespersons (and self proclaimed I might add) of black civil rights here in the US. Both are absolute media whores in that at any opportunity they will drag their sorry mugs into the limelight to show once more how the black man is downtrodden by everyone else in America, whether there's even a modicum of truth or any type of sane reasoning to their particular claims or otherwise.

While this might all sound well and good and that the 2 of them could be doin some type of social service for blacks through their efforts, both of them have somewhat dubious pasts with involvements in at times illegal activist (aka militant/subversive) associations. They also push the "black rights" agenda to a point viewed by many (myself included!) that actually becomes discriminatory in relation to the rights of others and in doing so become racists themselves.

Opinions of course vary on these 2 so perhaps a Google search on their histories might unveil a bit more about them