Flags were lowered to half-mast in South Carolina, where civil rights icon and native son Rev. Jesse Jackson became the second black man in history to be laid to rest inside the Columbia State Capitol building. SC Jackson died on February 17 in Chicago at the age of 84.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s children, from left, Yusef Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Santita Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr. and Ashley Jackson, watch as the motorcade for their father arrives at the South Carolina State House, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)The Rev. Jesse Jackson lies in state at the South Carolina State Capitol in Columbia on March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)The casket of Rev. Jesse Jackson is carried by a caisson on its way to the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)An African-American historic monument by sculptor Ed Dwight before a long line of visitors waiting to pay their respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson wraps around the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Santita Jackson thanks those gathered for the ceremony as the casket of her father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, lies in state at the South Carolina State Capitol in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)The children of Rev. Jesse Jackson stand as his casket is carried by South Carolina state troopers past the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Members of the choir at Allen University, a historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina, watch the caisson procession with the casket of Rev. Jesse Jackson in front of the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Jesse Jackson Jr. stands during a ceremony as his father’s body lies in state at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Yusef Jackson, left, and his family attend a ceremony for his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, at the South Carolina State House in Columbia on March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)U.S. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina speaks as Rev. Jesse Jackson lies in repose at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)The casket of Rev. Jesse Jackson is carried by a caisson on its way to the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Joe L. Reed, of Montgomery, Alabama, waits to pay his respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Marcono Hines Jr., of Durham, North Carolina, left, waits in a long line of visitors waiting to pay their respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)A line of visitors to see the Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in repose waiting to enter the Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Civil rights activist and former U.S. Representative Andrew Young pays his respects as the Rev. Jesse Jackson lies in repose at the South Carolina State House in Columbia on March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Flags fly at half-staff above the South Carolina State House in Columbia as a crowd wraps around the building to pay their respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson lying in repose inside the capitol, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Yusef Jackson, from left, Jackie Jackson, Santita Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr. and Ashley Jackson look at the casket of their father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, carried by South Carolina state troopers past the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Judge Greg Mathis joins the Jackson family walking behind the caisson procession with the casket of Rev. Jesse Jackson in front of the South Carolina State House in Columbia, March 2, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
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