Opinion: The enduring dignity of Jesse Jackson

from Weekend Edition Saturday · host Scott Simon

Rev. Jesse Jackson died this week at age 84. NPR's Scott Simon remembers covering Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign in Mississippi.

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