Civil Rights Icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Returns to South Carolina for Final Honors
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home state for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol on Monday.
After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the 84-year-old civil rights leader will receive final full honors from the state where he was born.
Jackson's career began in 1960 when he led seven Black high school students into a segregated library in Greenville, sparking a movement for equality.
He would go on to join the voting rights march led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and later become a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement after King's assassination.
Nationally, Jackson advocated for voting rights, job opportunities, education, and healthcare, and scored diplomatic victories with world leaders.
He will be remembered for his tireless efforts to make America a more open and equitable society, and for his continued activism in his home state.
