Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://ar-c.org/video/qB7dfWHkd4P.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Obama speaks at memorial for Rev. Jesse Jackson [srs2tIhSXnj] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT Former President Barack Obama gave remarks at the memorial service for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday afternoon in Chicago, praising the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate for his commitment to hope for a better America. "Each today we're told by those in high office to fear each other, and to turn on each other, and that some Americans count more than others—and that some don't even count at all," Obama said. "It may be tempting for some to compromise with power…Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson inspires us to take a harder path. His voice calls on each of us to be heralds of change." Rev. Jackson died in February at age 84. Though unsuccessful, his two campaigns for the presidency, in 1984 and 1988, brought civil rights activism and left-wing opposition to the Reagan administration into mainstream politics. President Obama cited Jackson's campaigns as inspirational for his own run that would bring a Black American to the White House for the first time in the nation's history. "What a great debt we owe to him," Obama said. #obama #jessejackson #cspan sPYKOL9LBJX Gc0RKaS3RVB BU3NqjCZBOP WZFmeLg7YMH 80Ui03caWPo 6279W1w0tTV pMXy9nlqaDP VUpnf3b05f6
Former President Barack Obama gave remarks at the memorial service for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday afternoon in Chicago, praising the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate for his commitment to hope for a better America. "Each today we're told by those in high office to fear each other, and to turn on each other, and that some Americans count more than others—and that some don't even count at all," Obama said. "It may be tempting for some to compromise with power…Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson inspires us to take a harder path. His voice calls on each of us to be heralds of change." Rev. Jackson died in February at age 84. Though unsuccessful, his two campaigns for the presidency, in 1984 and 1988, brought civil rights activism and left-wing opposition to the Reagan administration into mainstream politics. President Obama cited Jackson's campaigns as inspirational for his own run that would bring a Black American to the White House for the first time in the nation's history. "What a great debt we owe to him," Obama said. #obama #jessejackson #cspan sPYKOL9LBJX Gc0RKaS3RVB BU3NqjCZBOP WZFmeLg7YMH 80Ui03caWPo 6279W1w0tTV pMXy9nlqaDP VUpnf3b05f6