Jesse Jackson
More Than Symbolism
**Editors Note: As our nation continues to reflect on the life and legacy of Reverend Jesse Jackson, this statement from Mississippi Rep. Kabir Karriem (issued shortly after Jackson’s passing) remains timely. With communities across the country still paying tribute to Reverend Jackson’s lifelong fight for civil rights, Rep. Karriem’s call for Mississippi to lower its flags…
Jesse Jackson and Mississippi’s Long Struggle for Justice
By Othor Cain Mississippi was, for much of the 20th century, the central stage of America’s struggle over voting rights, segregation, and human dignity. Into that long fight stepped the Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., a preacher, organizer, and national voice for racial and economic justice. Though born in the segregated South in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson repeatedly…