‘He was a man of light’: Columbia community reflects on Jesse Jackson’s legacy

Source Columbia Chronicle
Original Load Date Feb. 18, 2026, 10 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 18, 2026, 10 p.m.
Original URL https://columbiachronicle.com/campus/he-was-a-man-of-light-columbia-community-reflects-on-jesse-jacksons-legacy/

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As Chicago leaders lowered flags across the city this week, Columbia students reflected on the legacy of The Reverend Jesse Jackson , whose decades of activism shaped the political and cultural landscape of the city many of them now call home. Jackson , who died Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 84, was one o...