"Jackson, Obama remarked, was a man who, when the poor and the dispossessed needed a champion and the country needed healing, stepped forward again and again and again and said: send me'. Obama added that Jackson's first presidential campaign inspired him and drew him to Chicago, the city both men called home."
"Jackson wasn't an intruder – he wasn't a pretender, Obama said. He belonged on that stage. And the message he sent, to a 22-year-old child of a single mother with a funny name, an outsider, was that there wasn't any [barrier to achievement]."
"the Rev Jesse Jackson was remembered as a champion for the poor and the dispossessed as well as one of the most effective community and political organizers of our time. Such tributes came from past Democratic US presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, along with former vice-president Kamala Harris."
Rev Jesse Jackson's memorial celebration in Chicago honored his legacy as a champion for the poor and dispossessed and one of the most effective community and political organizers of his time. Former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Joe Biden, along with former vice-president Kamala Harris, attended the service at a South Church on Chicago's South Side, where thousands gathered to celebrate Jackson's life. Obama delivered a eulogy comparing Jackson to the prophet Isaiah, crediting Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign with inspiring him and drawing him to Chicago. Obama noted that Jackson's presence on the presidential stage demonstrated that outsiders with unconventional backgrounds belonged in positions of power, a message that resonated with Obama as a young man and contributed to making his own presidency possible.
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