The Rev. Jesse Jackson spanned the civil rights era, starting as a young activist who was with Martin Luther King Jr. on the night he was killed on a balcony in Memphis in 1968 to the present. A reporter looks back on his impact.
23 Feb 2026 | 05:06
I walked in the footsteps of the Rev. Jesse Jackson and almost lost my balance, sinking 2 inches into the most sumptuous Persian rug ever to be stepped on. It covered the floor of the office of the president of the Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta headquarters)—an inner sanctum of corporate power that Jackson...
