Family of Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks in his memory
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With the exception of a brief rift in 2008, the two publicly maintained mutual respect. A family representative told Snopes the rumor was false.
Chicago plays host to public observances for the civil rights icon, who died at 84.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.