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Swordsmyth
12-05-2017, 02:23 PM
Danielle Young, writing for The Root (http://www.theroot.com/don-t-let-the-smile-fool-you-i-m-cringing-on-the-insid-1819987586), says that while she was working for a media company, Jackson delivered the keynote speech at the end of a meeting. After discussing the responsibilities of black journalists in his speech, according to Young, she and her colleagues lined up to have their picture taken with Jackson.
"I walked toward Jackson, smiling, and he smiled back at me," Young wrote (http://www.theroot.com/don-t-let-the-smile-fool-you-i-m-cringing-on-the-insid-1819987586). "His eyes scanned my entire body. All of a sudden, I felt naked in my sweater and jeans. As I walked within arm's reach of him, Jackson reached out a hand and grabbed my thigh, saying, 'I like all of that right there!' and gave my thigh a tight squeeze."
The reporter said she was too shocked to react and giggled uncomfortably as he "pulled me closer," while her co-worker took photos of them. She described herself as feeling "deflated" after she was finally able to pull away from the man she once admired who "marched alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr."

More recently, Young attended the American Black Film Festival to interview Singleton — an Academy Award-nominated director — and the cast of his show "Snowfall." At the end of her on-camera dialogue with Singleton, Young said (http://www.theroot.com/don-t-let-the-smile-fool-you-i-m-cringing-on-the-insid-1819987586) she approached him to retrieve her microphone and that he grabbed her by the wrist, drawing her nearer, and said, "Bring that juiciness over here."
Young claims that the act of pulling her closer caused her to fall forward and brace her hands against his thighs. She wrote that he then kissed her on the cheek before she had a chance to stand back up. She then agreed to take a picture with him to not "make it awkward," and said he clutched her around the waist and pulled her into him, saying, "Oooh, I'm gonna grab on tight to you."

More at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/rev-jesse-jackson-john-singleton-accused-sexual-harassment-article-1.3617222