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African-American political activist, Baptist minister, and politician Rev. Jesse Jackson (born 1941) was a candidate for the US Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988, and served as a shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. Round pin-back buttons featuring blue text against a white background. It reads [JESSE / JACKSON / '84]. Around the bottom lip on the back is a blue logo and text that reads [PD. FOR BY JACKSON FOR PRES. COMM.] The point of the button's pin fastener protrudes at the bottom.