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How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today’s progressives

  • Written by Bert Johnson, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today’s progressivesBernie Sanders, then the mayor of Burlington, greets Jesse Jackson backstage at a 1988 Vermont rally where he endorsed Jackson's presidential bid.AP Photo/Toby Talbot

Jesse Jackson’s two campaigns for president, in 1984 and 1988, were unsuccessful but historic. The civil rights activist and organizer, who died on Feb. 17, 2026, helped pave...

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