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South Carolina honors Rev. Jesse Jackson

After a storied civil rights career, Jesse Jackson heads home to South Carolina and lies 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 rotund...

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Rev. Jesse Jackson lies in state at South Carolina Statehouse

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

Jesse Jackson Jr. seeks redemption with Congress comeback following conviction: ‘I own my behavior’

The day Jesse Jackson Jr. was sworn into Congress in 1995, he asked a reporter to sum up where politicians go wrong.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson's family arrives in South Carolina for lying-in-state, Jacqueline Jackson not joining them

Former ambassador, Black lawmakers among those in SC to honor Jesse Jackson

Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

Jackson led seven Black high school students into that segregated branch, where they sat down and read books and magazines until they were arrested.

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South Carolina honors native son the Rev. Jesse Jackson

‘I just really saw his greatness.’ People come to SC capital to bid Jackson goodbye

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Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state for final public farewell

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state Monday at the South Carolina Capitol. (AP Photo)

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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 rights history.