| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | March 2, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| Last Updated | March 2, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/03/02/the-rev-jesse-jackson-greenville-south-carolina-colombia-greenville8-lying-in-state-chicago |
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Back in 1960, the story goes, a teenaged Jesse Jackson
entered the whites-only branch of his hometown library with seven comrades-in-
arms who’d be christened the Greenville Eight after getting arrested for their
civil disobedience.
It was the first of the civil rights icon’s man...