Jesse Jackson’s enormous legacy includes helping popularize ‘African American’ identity

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at age 84, helped push for widespread usage of the term “African American” as a way to reclaim cultural identity. The protege of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joined calls by NAACP members and other movement leaders in the l...

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