On Friday, the memorial for Jesse Jackson was held. Three former presidents – Bill Clinton, Joeny post Biden, and Barack Obama were all in attendance and spoke to the crowd. Now, the last two mentioned are being slammed by Jesse Jackson’s son, who accuses them of turning the funeral into a political spectacle.
On February 17, the civil rights icon Jesse Jackson passed away at 84. In November, he was taken to the hospital in November and had lived for more than ten years with a serious brain disease called progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
The illness makes it hard to walk and swallow, and it can cause dangerous health problems. In 2017, he revealed he had Parkinson’s. Before going public, he received treatment at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago for about two years.
Jackson became well-known during the civil rights movement. He marched and protested alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and spent his life fighting for equality. Over the years, Jesse Jackson also ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination, in 1984 and 1988.
On Friday, Jesse Jackson’s memorial was held at the Chicago House of Hope to celebrate his life. Three former U.S. Presidents, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Bill Clinton, along with former Vice President Kamala Harris, were all in attendance and spoke to the crowd.
