(AP) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he will organize rallies in several cities to urge Congress to grant aid to the struggling U.S. automakers.
At a press conference Friday with minority auto suppliers and dealers in Detroit, Jackson said, "It's time to go back to the streets for some action." The civil rights leader and former presidential hopeful says the issue is not about "the Big Three execs, it's the big 4 million jobs."
Jackson spoke while the leaders of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are in Washington for their second day of hearings to request up to $34 billion in emergency funding to stay in business.
Jackson took issue with congressional leaders' criticism of the automakers. He says the banking industry did not have to face such a grilling before Congress.
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