Jesse Jackson tour targets UK inner cities

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Jesse Jackson tour targets UK inner cities

Source: BBC

US civil rights activist the Reverend Jesse Jackson said stemming the flow of guns and drugs into the UK's inner cities was "critical".

Speaking in London at the start of a week-long tour of the UK, Mr Jackson said inner cities were a target market and suppliers had to be identified. He also said more needed to be done to engage ethnic communities in politics.

Mr Jackson is launching Equanomics UK, a programme which will address social problems in inner cities.

His visit is also part of the bicentenary celebrations marking the abolition of the UK slave trade.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6956072.stm

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