In 1964, Jesse Jackson turned down a summer toll-collecting job offer from Mayor Richard J. Daley to work for John H. Johnson as a salesman. He said I was a communicator, and he gave me a car to travel around selling Jet magazine to stores, ... Where Mayor Daley saw a toll collector, Mr. Johnson saw a communicator.
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