Last week death claimed one of the towering figures of the American Civil Rights Movement, and indeed, a dominant figure in American culture since the 1960's, when the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson died at the age of 84.
Far be it from to enumerate Jackson's contributions to both the Civil Rights Movement in particular or to American society in general. I will only say that I admired him, and that his death takes away another bit of America's conscience when it is most sorely needed here in 2026.
I will also remember Jackson as one of the greatest orators of our time.
How about this for inspiration when he told a crowd that everyone can be Somebody.
And could any minister, priest, or rabbi deliver as moving a eulogy and moving as was Jackson's eulogy for Jackie Robinson?
And to show that he never took himself too seriously, listen to him here on Saturday Night Live when, in a tribute to Dr. Suess, he read Green Eggs and Ham in pure Jesse Jackson style.
RIP Jesse Jackson
"I am.....somebody!"
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