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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

UNCOVERED: Rev jesse jackson returns home to south carolina to lie in state - The Untold Story

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., a towering figure in the fight for civil rights, is being honoured in his home state of South Carolina, where he will lie in state at the Capitol on Monday.

This final tribute marks a profound contrast to his childhood in segregated Greenville, where the very institutions now honouring him once denied him basic rights.

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