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Jackson pulls out

Wednesday 07 April 1993 23:02 BST
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Jesse Jackson yesterday withdrew as a candidate to succeed Benjamin Hooks as head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, two days before a board vote on the leadership, AP reports from Washington.

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