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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Social justice

He had a radiating aura': Chicagoans say goodbye to hometown civil rights hero Jesse Jackson

Hundreds of people lined up in Chicago to pay final respects to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who died at age 84, before his funeral in South Carolina.
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1 month ago
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Chicagoans pay respects to Jesse Jackson as cross-country memorial services begin

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, lies in repose in Chicago as cross-country memorial services begin, with mourners paying final respects at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

He had a radiating aura': Chicagoans say goodbye to hometown civil rights hero Jesse Jackson

Hundreds of people lined up in Chicago to pay final respects to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who died at age 84, before his funeral in South Carolina.
Social justice
fromFast Company
1 month ago

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, an icon of the Civil Rights movement, has died at 84

Jesse Jackson, 84, was a longtime civil rights leader who championed the poor, founded Rainbow/PUSH, achieved diplomatic and corporate reforms, and popularized 'I am Somebody.'
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