Did Jackson push too hard?
When the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the founder of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) visited St. Louis early this month, he pointedly congratulated 7-Up for its commitment to black-run enterprises over the next five years. Then he met with a group of black businessmen and made a rather blunt proposition: to finance a drive designed to encourage the Anheuser-Busch brewery to give more contracts to minority firms, they should each donate $500 to Operation PUSH. Said Jackson: "We're all family here, but you have to pay to play."
To that, a number of black St. Louis businessmen...
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