Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 7-2-1987 UA68/13/4 Limited Edition, Vol. 4, No. 1 WKU Journalism Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the African American Studies Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Political History Commons, Public Relations and Advertising Commons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons, and the Women's History Commons Recommended Citation WKU Journalism, "UA68/13/4 Limited Edition, Vol. 4, No. 1" (1987). WKU Archives Records. Paper 3253. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/3253 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Limited Edition Vol. 4, No. I Minority Journalism Workshop Western Kentucky University fuly2,1987 Jesse Jackson: The pros and cons of chances in '88 By EUGENE COBBLE Hume-Fogg Academic Is Jesse Jackson <In "extremist" or sim- 1)1 \, "lib cr<ll '~" Docs he have ;-\NY chance of winning t he presidency"' These arc the questions Ihut pt!oplc wi ll ponder in carly 1988 . Howc\'cr. in the sum· mer of 1987. \wo college professors - one fo r . one 'Igains! - offered their thoughts on Jackson 's hopes. Dr. John Parker and J im Highland have analyzed American poli tics for nearly 40 years. Parker believes that Jackson's pros pects are sHm . Highland . however. con· siders J ackson a promising candidate . " He's (Jack son ) one of the mor e inte resting C'lndidates.