Reverend Jesse Jackson is honored during a celebration of his legacy at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Aug. 18, 2024 in Chicago, Ill. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Former Vice President Kamala Harris recalled getting positive reactions from others when she had a "Jesse Jackson for President" bumper sticker on her car when she was a law student.
"As a young law student, I would drive back and forth from Oakland, where I lived, to San Francisco, where I went to school. I had a bumper sticker in the back window of my car that read: ‘Jesse Jackson for President.’ As I would drive across the Bay Bridge, you would not believe how people from every walk of life would give me a thumbs up or honk of support. They were small interactions, but they exemplified Reverend Jackson’s life work — lifting up the dignity of working people, building community and coalitions, and strengthening our democracy and nation," she noted in a post on X.
REV JESSE JACKSON, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND RAINBOW PUSH FOUNDER, DIES AT 84
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Reverend Jesse Jackson as he departs the funeral service for Dorothy Height at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2010. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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"Michelle got her first glimpse of political organizing at the Jacksons' kitchen table when she was a teenager. And in his two historic runs for president, he laid the foundation for my own campaign to the highest office of the land," Obama noted. "Michelle and I will always be grateful for Jesse's lifetime of service, and the friendship our families share."
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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