Family, former presidents and a Hall of Famer give Rev. Jesse Jackson a final sendoff

Family, former presidents and a Hall of Famer give Rev. Jesse Jackson a final sendoff The rare qualities that distinguished the Rev. Jesse Jackson — his fortitude as a civil rights leader, and the love he shared as a mentor, a friend and father — were praised time and again on Friday, as his family and a roster of luminaries, including three former U.S. presidents, gathered for Jackson's funeral service on Chicago's South Side. Repeatedly, it came down to three words that Jackson made famous. "I am! Somebody!" the crowd chanted in the House of Hope megachurch, repeating Jackson's belief that e

Family, former presidents and a Hall of Famer give Rev. Jesse Jackson a final sendoff The rare qualities that distinguished the Rev. Jesse Jackson — his fortitude as a civil rights leader, and the love he shared as a mentor, a friend and father — were praised time and again on Friday, as his family and a roster of luminaries, including three former U.S. presidents, gathered for Jackson's funeral service on Chicago's South Side. Repeatedly, it came down to three words that Jackson made famous. "I am! Somebody!" the crowd chanted in the House of Hope megachurch, repeating Jackson's belief that e