There was 'a bridge called Jesse Jackson' across decades of civil rights advocacy

The Rev. Jesse Jackson kept up his more than half-century-long fight for civil and human rights through his final years despite challenges over his health, the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice and political divisions. Whether appearing at the funerals of Black people killed by police or participating in COVID-19 vaccination drives to address hesitancy in communities of color, Jackson built on a life in public advocacy that included running for president, international diplomacy and influencing the lexicon of racial identity in America. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died on Tuesday. He was 84.