Rev. Jesse Jackson was a ‘giant figure in the world,’ but he stayed rooted in Illinois

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s six-decade career as a civil rights leader took him across the country and around the world. And yet, Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, never lost sight of the issues affecting his adopted home city and state.

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