One of them was Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, Bernice King. Reverend Al Sharpton made an appearance on Morning Joe to talk about Rev. Jackson's legacy and what he learned from him.
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"He basically was not a politician," he answered. "He was one that saw politics as a means and not an end. And he saw himself fighting in the social policy arena." Rev. Sharpton said Rev. Jackson was focused on immigration policies, women's rights and racial profiling. "He felt he could be better with a broader context and he was going global."
"This had never been done in the Civil Rights movement. It had never been done at that level," Rev. Sharpton said. "Jesse Jackson broke ground that no one had done." He explained that he paved the way for President Barack Obama by defending the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting. Rev. Jackson registered many voters to prepare for his future presidential run, and that changed Congress two years later. The rule changed for delegates, and that led to President Obama's nomination decades later.
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