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Jesse Jackson Sr. speaks at Flossmoor Community Church during a meeting in May 2019 to discuss how to respond to the blackface incident that roiled the community. (Chronicle file photo)

Jesse Jackson Sr. dies at 84; Civil Rights Movement icon had role in 2019 racial reckoning in H-F

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[Read More…]

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