Click here to return to book details For Immediate Release March 4, 2002 A sex scandal is an embarrassment, the misuse of tax-exempt funds is illegal… but the sheer depth of Jesse Jackson’s hypocrisy and race baiting is the real story NOW The First Investigative Biography of Jesse Jackson Exposes America’s #1 Shakedown Artist WASHINGTON, D.C. - Based on groundbreaking interviews by the author and documents just released by the government, Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson (Regnery Publishing) reveals how Jesse Jackson moved from street hustler to Wall Street shakedown artist. Investigative reporter Kenneth R. Timmerman offers a behind-the-scenes look at some of Jackson’s most infamous shakedowns including: Toyota, Coca-Cola, Raytheon, Texaco, Viacom, Coors, AT&T, Boeing, and countless others. Timmerman also shows how some companies, like Anheuser-Busch, stood up to Jackson and won. Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson unveils the truth about: Jesse Jackson’s deep and troubled relationship with Chicago’s most notorious and violent street gang, the Blackstone Rangers-later known as El Rukn-whose leaders are now serving life sentences for murder, extortion, and racketeering. How Jackson’s half brother Noah Robinson went from being one of Wharton’s first black graduates to a felon convicted of murder for hire after Jackson introduced him to Chicago’s crime underworld. The inside story of how Jackson’s massive extortion racket began with ripping off local Chicago businesses, including many companies owned by African-Americans. How Jackson callously exploited Dr. Martin Luther King’s death and has been cashing in on this tragedy ever since. Jackson’s claim that Dr. King “died in my arms” is totally false. How Jackson manipulated the truth to build a false portrait of himself from his “hard knocks” childhood to adopting the title “Reverend” without the credentials. How Jackson steered billions of dollars of business to his friends and launched a political empire for himself-while claiming to be the voice of the poor and downtrodden. How Jackson forged a lucrative alliance with trial lawyer Johnnie Cochran to shake down major U.S. corporations using bogus claims of racism. Kenneth R. Timmerman is an investigative reporter who is well known for his extensive research. With more than two decades of experience, he has uncovered major news stories worldwide for Time, Newsweek, CBS News, ABC News, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many others. ### Click here to return to book details