Jesse Jackson returns home: Civil rights icon honored in South Carolina state capitol
The body of Reverend Jesse Jackson, legendary civil rights leader, has returned to South Carolina—his birthplace and the cradle of his activism in the 1960s. Thousands gathered at the State Capitol to pay their respects as Governor Henry McMaster granted the family’s wish for Jackson to lie in honor at the State House, following a denial of a similar request by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.