Services for Rev. Jesse Jackson to include lying in SC Statehouse, celebration of life

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 672

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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COLUMBIA — Mourners can pay their respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who died last week, at the Statehouse on Monday morning and at a nearby church that evening.

Jackson, a native of Greenville, died Feb. 17 at the age of 84. He worked with Martin Luther King Jr. as a young adult, before leading his own political movement that helped shape the modern Democratic Party.

Services will …

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