Jesse Jackson Sr. died Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 84 after a long illness. The Civil Rights Movement icon’s storied career included working with Martin Luther King Jr., making two presidential runs and leading civil rights organizations, including the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
Jackson Sr. also visited Flossmoor twice in May 2019 as the community wrestled with the fallout of a video showing Homewood-Flossmoor High School students in blackface taunting a Black fast food worker.
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