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Back<\/span><\/p>\n transcript<\/p>\n \u201cIt was because of that path that he had laid, because of his courage, his audacity, that two decades later a young Black senator from Chicago\u2019s South Side would even be taken seriously as a candidate for the presidential nomination. The last time he and I had a chance to visit in person, he was already ailing. It was getting difficult for him to stand, difficult for him to speak. Figured we\u2019d just have a low-key visit. Maybe he\u2019d need some rest. And he starts coming up with this project and this initiative and issues I needed to look into.\u201d \u201cHe used his gifts to influence generations, generations of Americans, and countless elected officials including presidents, as you see here today.\u201d \u201cWe did not always agree, but I\u2019ll tell you one thing. He made me a better president when I got in office. Because he was always pushing on things and he knew that change came from the outside in.\u201d \u201cIn the movements for justice that have grown from the seeds that he tilled. Now, to the world, Jesse Jackson was an ambassador of hope for the oppressed who met with kings and queens and presidents and dictators and clergy of all the great religions. But here in Chicago, he was our neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n Barack Obama, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Bill Clinton were among the dozens of speakers at a public memorial for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago on Friday. The event celebrated the civil rights leader\u2019s commitment to public service and racial justice.<\/span><\/p>\n By Jorge Mitssunaga<\/p>\n March 6, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" new video loaded: Former Presidents Speak at Jesse Jackson\u2019s Memorial transcript Back transcript Former Presidents Speak at Jesse Jackson\u2019s Memorial Barack Obama, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Bill Clinton were among the dozens of speakers at a public memorial for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago on Friday. The event celebrated the civil rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[23616,2423,7901,8877,3094],"class_list":{"0":"post-46093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-justice","8":"tag-jacksons","9":"tag-jesse","10":"tag-memorial","11":"tag-presidents","12":"tag-speak"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Former Presidents Speak at Jesse Jackson\u2019s Memorial<\/h2>\n
Barack Obama, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Bill Clinton were among the dozens of speakers at a public memorial for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago on Friday. The event celebrated the civil rights leader\u2019s commitment to public service and racial justice.<\/h4>\n