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President Trump paid tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson as a "good man" and "force of nature" but claimed the late civil rights leader "couldn't stand" former President Barack Obama.
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Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the U.S and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care.
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An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a "rainbow coalition" of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was "to transform the mind of America."
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