Campaigner Jesse Jackson to visit West Bromwich food firm

American civil rights campaigner Reverend Jesse Jackson is visiting a Black Country company tonight to help mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech.

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The Baptist minister will be the guest of honour at a dinner hosted by West Bromwich-based East End Foods.

He will be speaking at the dinner, with 200 guests from the worlds of business, politics and showbusiness, at the Asian foods company's depot in Aston, Birmingham.

It is the only company he is visiting as part of his tour.