The civil rights trailblazer imagined a future for America in which the marginalized became the center of US politics<\/p>\n
Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil- and human-rights trailblazer who died on 17 February, imagined a version of America where the marginalized became the center. His was a much more progressive vision than what the Democratic party thought possible after the civil rights movement, and through Jackson\u2019s National Rainbow Coalition \u2013 launched after his first presidential campaign in 1984 \u2013 he laid the groundwork for a new era.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Rainbow Coalition is the embodiment of a national politics that is radically inclusive,\u201d Charles McKinney, a professor of history at Rhodes Collegesaid. \u201cHe was like: \u2018I\u2019ve got something for the middle class, I\u2019ve got something for the elite, and I also have something for working-class folks. To me, that was the embodiment of his politics.\u201d<\/p>\n
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