Thursday, March 15, 2012

Jesse in southern Africa

LAGOS, Nigeria The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson arrived here yesterdayat the start of a tour that will take him to six black-ruled southernAfrican states.

At a press conference, he appealed to President Reagan to meetwith the leaders of the so-called front-line states rimming SouthAfrica that have appealed for sanctions against Pretoria.

"Mr. Reagan purports to speak for them, and his argument againstsanctions is that it will hurt them," Jackson said. "He should talkwith them about why …

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