The Protégé Who Carried MLK's Work: Top Photos

Jesse Jackson's family carries his six-decade civil rights legacy forward after his death at 84.

in front of Purple Gate - Obama's inauguration day
Jesse Jackson on Barack Obama's inauguration day in 2009. Obama once said that watching Jackson's 1984 presidential debate was a formative moment in his own political life. © Manuel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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