Today tributes are pouring in for one of the towering figure of the civil rights movement, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, the 84-year-old died this morning after a long illness, remembered for his transcendent rhetoric and gospel about seeking common ground. He first rose to prominence as a protege of Martin Luther King Jr. ., whose assassination he would also witness.Politics soon beckoned. He established the National Rainbow Coalition as a vehicle for a populist campaign, running for president twice, leading ...

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