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Presidents Obama, Biden and Clinton along with many dignitaries honored the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday in Chicago, challenging people to carry on his legacy of civil rights and faith. (Scott Olso n/ Getty Images)

Leaders gather to honor Jesse Jackson

CK Smith
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduces Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., on Sunday, March 8, 2020 in Grand Rapids, MI. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie

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Jesse Jackson speaks to reporters in regard to his appearance on the late night NBC television show, "Saturday Night Live." (Jacques M. Chenet/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson took his humor seriously

Melanie McFarland
To "lie in state" (or "lie in honor") is an honor reserved for government officials and important Americans that impacted the country with their lives, like former President Jimmy Carter (above in 2025). Speaker Johnson said Rev. Jackson does not meet the standard for such an honor. (Tom Williams / Getty Images)

When legacy isn’t enough for honor

CK Smith
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Jesse Jackson campaigns for the 1988 Democratic nomination for president (Jean-Louis Atlan/Sygma via Getty Images)

How Jackson made room for white workers

Jason Kyle Howard
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. An African American Baptist minister and political activist, Jackson was a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1984 and 1988. In 2000 President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest honor bestowed on civilians. ( Mark Junge / Getty Images)

Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dead

Jelinda Montes
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. | U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Skin-color racism: A short history

Mohammad Ali Salih
Rev. Jesse Jackson announces his support for Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson during an event at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters on March 17, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Jackson retires from Rainbow PUSH

Kelly McClure
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Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. (Central Press/Getty Images)

Honor MLK through economic justice

David Masciotra
US President Donald Trump alongside radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh arrive at a Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on November 5, 2018. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Shock jock Rush Limbaugh dead at 70

Jon Skolnik
Donald Trump holding bags of money (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's true base: the billionaire class

David Masciotra
Sesame Street (Richard Termine/HBO)

Why "Sesame Street" was always my street

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Saturday Night Live skits (Will Heath/NBC)

How can "SNL" parody political farce?

Melanie McFarland
Jesse Jackson Jr., walks with his mother, Jacqueline lavinia Brown, as he leaves the US District Court in Washington, DC, August 14, 2013, following a sentencing hearing. (Getty/Saul Loeb)

A mother's letters to her son in prison

Jacqueline L. Jackson
Rev. Jesse Jackson (AP/Rich Fury)

Advice for liberals from Jesse Jackson

Matthew Rozsa
Rev. Jesse Jackson (AP/Rich Fury)

Jesse Jackson on why we give thanks

Matthew Rozsa
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Camille Cosby and Bill Cosby (Getty Images)

Twisted history, told by Camille Cosby

Melanie McFarland
(Getty/Drew Angerer/Monica Schipper/Keystone/Graham Wood/Harry Benson/)

Clinton-Sanders war is nothing new

Matthew Rozsa
Hugh Hefner, Harold Washington and Sidney Poitier (AP/Suzanne Hanover)

Hugh Hefner's real legacy is racial

Rachel Leah
Rev. Jesse Jackson (AP/Rich Fury)

Jesse Jackson's still fighting

David Masciotra
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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton at the Democratic debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 11, 2016. (AP/Morry Gash)

Hil embodies white privilege

H.A. Goodman
Hillary Cllinton, Bernie Sanders (Reuters/Brian Snyder/Jim Young/Photo montage by Salon)

Beyond the Reagan Democrat

Elias Isquith
Jesse Jackson and Bill Clinton, at the 112th annual national convention U. S. R. in Atlanta, Sept. 9, 1992. (AP/Curtis Compton)

The Clintons' sordid race game

Corey Robin
The Rev. Jesse Jackson arrives for the funeral service for Ethel Lance, 70, one of the nine people killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Jackson: Civil war never ended

David Masciotra
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