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I'm Leila Nathu. He was one of the most significant leaders of the American civil rights movement.

Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. He'd been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017 and had been

hospitalized in November. In a statement, his family described him as a servant leader to the

oppressed, the voiceless and the overlooked around the world, who had an unwavering belief in justice,

equality and love. Jesse Jackson was born into poverty in South Carolina, growing up in the era

of Jim Crow laws. Speaking to the BBC in 2009, he reflected on his experience of segregation at a

young age. I remember on one occasion,

I was going to the bus with my mom going downtown,

and she paid both tokens.

She went straight to the back, and I sat up front.

And there were three white kids across for me playing.

I can see them in my mind's eye now.

And the bus driver said until there's some order I'm not moving this bus.

There must be some order on this bus.

We really was talking about me sitting there.

And my mother came and got me

and I didn't want to leave her.

She pinched me.

And I cried and I felt humiliated.

As I went to back the bus with her, one of my father's friends, Mr. Yates, said,

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