Ayisi for "Here& Now" and ICT.
>> In other news, Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil
rights icon with strong Wisconsin connections, died
this week. Jackson visited Milwaukee and environs many
times, advocating for civil rights and social and
economic justice. In the 1988 presidential primary
election in Wisconsin, Jackson came in second in
what the Milwaukee Common Council this week described
as a barrier breaking run for the presidency, calling
him a generational leader. At the time, Jackson told
The New York Times he was very proud. He got so many
white votes in Wisconsin. Jackson marched in
Milwaukee with Father James Groppi in the 1960s and was
in Wisconsin most recently in 2020, for encouraging
voter registration. voter registration.