There was ‘a bridge called Jesse Jackson’ across decades of civil rights advocacy

By AARON MORRISON and SOPHIA TAREEN

CHICAGO (AP) — From the moment the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped forward as torchbearer to what was then a largely Southern civil rights struggle — a movement with much unfinished business — he created a bridge.

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