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Chicagoans pay respects to Jesse Jackson as cross-country memorial services begin

Headline from Delaware Public Media

Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to honor his long civil rights legacy begin in Chicago. Events will also take place in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where he was born and began his activism.

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  1. ABC 13 Houston

    Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began Thursday in Chicago, the city the late civil rights leader called home.

  2. CBS News

    Rev. Jesse Jackson funeral and memorial services begin (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    A series of memorial services began on Thursday to honor the late Reverend Jesse Jackson.

  3. Foxla

    Crowds celebrate life of Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition in Chicago (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon, will be honored with a celebration of life in Chicago this week after he died at 84.

  4. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Crowds of mourners line up for memorial services for Jesse Jackson at his Chicago organization (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy.

  5. Delaware Public Media

    Chicagoans pay respects to Jesse Jackson as cross-country memorial services begin (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to honor his long civil rights legacy begin in Chicago. Events will also take place in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where he was born and began his activism.

  6. WMUR

    Chicago mourns Jesse Jackson Sr. as memorials begin (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy.

  7. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Chicagoans mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    CHICAGO -- A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as cross-country memorial services began in the city the late civil-rights leader called home.

  8. NPR

    Mourners pay their respects to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson in Chicago (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Jesse Jackson lies in repose in Chicago for a second day at his Rainbow-Push headquarters, as people honor and pay their respects to the late civil rights leader.

  9. Kokomo Tribune

    People pay their respects to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, in photos (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began in Chicago, before events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where he was born, to honor his long civil rights legacy.

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