Sesame Street Reading

Jesse Jackson, Sesame Street

When Jesse Jackson Came to ‘Sesame Street’: ‘I Am! Somebody!’

The young man is the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The stoop is on the set of “Sesame Street,” in 1972. The call-and-response is a version of one that Jackson, who died on Tuesday at 84, led at rallies for years and recorded on an album.

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Reverend Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

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Watch: Rev. Jesse Jackson recites ‘I Am Somebody’ with kids on ‘Sesame Street’

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Jesse Jackson: A life in pictures

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died aged 84.

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Remembering civil rights icon Jesse Jackson and his lasting impact in Northeast Ohio

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Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader, 1941-2026

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Barack Obama pays tribute to 'true giant' as Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

"Our father was a servant leader - not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world," the Jackson family say

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Rev. Jesse Jackson dead at the age of 84, family says

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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

WFMZ-TV

Sesame Street Live! returns to Reading this fall

READING, Pa. - Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and all your favorite friends are making the trip from Sesame Street to Reading this fall. Sesame Street Live! Say Hello is coming to Santander Performing Arts Center for two shows on November 23, 2024.

NPR

How 'Sesame Street' got its start

When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in Harlem, in New York. Here's more on how "Sesame Street ...