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Ayisi for "Here& Now" and
ICT.

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>> In other news, Reverend
Jesse Jackson, the civil

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rights icon with strong
Wisconsin connections, died

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this week. Jackson visited
Milwaukee and environs many

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times, advocating for civil
rights and social and

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economic justice. In the
1988 presidential primary

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election in Wisconsin,
Jackson came in second in

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what the Milwaukee Common
Council this week described

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as a barrier breaking run
for the presidency, calling

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him a generational leader.
At the time, Jackson told

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The New York Times he was
very proud. He got so many

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white votes in Wisconsin.
Jackson marched in

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Milwaukee with Father James
Groppi in the 1960s and was

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in Wisconsin most recently
in 2020, for encouraging

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voter registration.
voter registration.