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Tributes pour in for Jesse Jackson, icon of the American civil rights movement

Tributes are pouring in for the American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who has died at the age of 84. He’s being remembered as a transformational figure in the civil rights movement and in American politics at large.

FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis has a look at some of the reaction to his passing away.

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