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Jesse Jackson, South Carolina

After a storied civil rights career, Jesse Jackson headed home to South Carolina to lie in state

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr. was honored Monday in the state where he grew up under segregation with a hero’s memorial, his flag-draped casket under the Capitol’s rotunda and thousands of people circling the Statehouse grounds waiting to honor him.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson lies in state in South Carolina

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson comes home, to the South Carolina people that molded the man Chicago knew

Rev. Jesse Jackson live updates: South Carolina services wrap up, final memorial set for Chicago

"Over 40% of African Americans can chase their roots back to Charleston, South Carolina, watch that germinate into amazing leaders all over the state, across the last three centuries is something ...

South Carolina Public Radio

'Model of servant leadership': Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson returns to SC for final goodbye

Civil rights leader and Greenville native the Rev. Jesse Jackson was honored at the South Carolina Statehouse on March 2 before a memorial service at Brookland Baptist Church.

Childhood friends grieve Jesse Jackson: 'It hit me like losing a brother'

Rev. Jesse Jackson's death deeply impacts Greenville's Butler and Mathis families, who share decades of close ties and civil ...

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