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Presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson declared his candidacy for the Democratic Party for president in 1984. He campaigned on the “Rainbow Coalition'' to include minority and marginalized individuals within the nation’s racial, ethnic, religious, and economic groups as well as women and the LGBT community. Jackson won five primary contests, but did not win the nomination. Jesse Jackson was born in 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. He is an ordained Baptist minister, long time political activist, and civil rights organizer.

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Prior to July 1, 1971, the legal voting age in the United States was 21 years old. However, on that date, Congress ratified the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18 years of age. The movement to lower the voting age gained momentum in the 1960s, driven in part by the military draft during the Vietnam War, with proponents of the movement using slogans such as, "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote". A John F. Kennedy supporter during the 1960 Presidential election campaign who had not yet reached the legal voting age at election time would have found other means to make their voice heard including promoting their candidate through wearable art.

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Campaign pin for John B. Anderson’s 1980 presidential run. John Anderson, a lawyer, and World War II veteran, was born in 1922 in Rockford, Illinois. He was considered a strong conservative voice in the House of Representatives, serving from 1961-1981, but moderated over time, especially regarding social issues. He was a vocal critique of the Vietnam War and President Nixon’s actions during the Watergate scandal. During the 1980 presidential election, he initially ran as a Republican but eventually dropped out of the Republican race to run as an Independent, coming in 3rd behind Reagan and Carter, respectively. After losing the election, he resumed his legal career and founded FairVote, an organization advocating for electoral reforms.

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H. Ross Perot, a Texas billionaire and former independent presidential candidate, died at the age of 89 surrounded by his family. He was a successful businessman and an unconventional politician known for his folksy Texas drawl and blunt demeanor. He had a fortune estimated at $4.1 billion and was involved in a daring rescue mission to free two employees jailed in Iran.

Perot ran for president in 1992, appealing to voters dissatisfied with the Republican and Democratic parties. His campaign, largely financed by his own money, focused on reducing government deficit spending and gained widespread support, reaching 39% in a Gallup Poll five months before the election.

He eventually dropped out of the race without providing a specific reason. Later, he claimed during an interview with the television show 60 Minutes that he announced his withdrawal after learning that President Bush's campaign planned to tarnish his daughter's image with a doctored photo that may have negatively impacted her upcoming wedding.

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Kmart began in 1899 as a five-and-dime store named after its founders, Sebastian Spering Kresge and John McCrory. The two business partners dissolved their co-ownership in 1897, and the Kresge owned stores changed their names to just Kresge. The first “Kmart” store by that name was opened in 1962 in Garden City, Detroit. The store brand further changed in 1990 when the logo colors were changed from red and turquoise to red and white. The main competitor for Kmart, Walmart, overtook Kmart sales in 1990, and Kmart had a loss of 940 million dollars in 1994. Actions were taken by management to improve and save the company in the late 1990s, and in 1998 the company was in the green again. 

In 2001, Kmart management decided to bring back Blue Light Specials and cut back on circular ads. Walmart quickly matched Kmart discounted prices, and people familiar and reliant on circular ads stopped shopping at Kmart. The drastic decrease in sales at the time led to the Kmart company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 22, 2002. Although the company has filed for bankruptcy and shut down most of its stores, there are still 34 stores open as of May 2020.

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