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Former Democratic presidents remember the late Rev. Jesse Jackson during final public tribute

CHICAGO (AP) — From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. ’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed large Friday at a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader. Thousands of people gathered at a church on Chicago's South Side to pay a final public tribute to Jackson. Barack Obama said Jackson's presidential runs in the 1980s set the stage for other Black leaders, including his own he...

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