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.

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Scope and content: The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The name of the Edmund Pettus Bridge highlights a steel beam across a four lane highway. Location: Selma, A
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where King first noticed Jesse Jackson's preternatural confidence during the 1965 marches — the beginning of a mission that would last sixty years. © Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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