Jesse Jackson to attend Filipino awards ceremony

Civil rights campaigner the Rev Jesse Jackson will today take part in a Belfast awards ceremony recognising the city’s Filipino community following a spate of racial attacks in recent days.

Jesse Jackson to attend Filipino awards ceremony

Civil rights campaigner the Rev Jesse Jackson will today take part in a Belfast awards ceremony recognising the city’s Filipino community following a spate of racial attacks in recent days.

The Democratic Party member, an outspoken critic of racism in the US and former associate of the Rev Martin Luther King, will be the star attraction at the Aisling awards recognising community workers in the city. It is his first visit to Northern Ireland.

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