Trevor Hughes

The two men were in New York City.

They were operating at the same time.

But it's also important to remember that the two very much split over the fate of the Central Park Five.

This, you may recall, was an instance where five young black and Hispanic men were arrested and accused

of raping and assaulting a woman in Central Park.

President Trump at the time, he was a New York businessman, he actually took out newspaper advertisements calling for the death penalty, calling for these young men to be executed.

Ultimately, they were exonerated.

And that really sort of separated Jackson from President Trump.

Oh, I think you're really seeing the impact of Jesse Jackson across the country from California to Ohio to Illinois.

He had such an impact on so many politicians, particularly Democratic politicians, who saw his work in coalition building, who saw his work in focusing on civil rights and workers' rights as something to really aspire to.

You know, I think back to one of the things that really made his name was Operation Breadbasket in Chicago.

And it was this revolutionary idea at the time that members of the black community would not patronize businesses that wouldn't hire black people.

Again, we're talking about a time in America where racial segregation in many cases was not only widely accepted, but legal.

And so his coalition and Operation Breadbasket really kicked that off, really sort of brought

attention to this idea that black communities would not patronize businesses that were not supporting them.

And I got a press release earlier today from the union that represents hotel workers, restaurant workers in Las Vegas.

And they are mourning his loss because he marched with them under threat of arrest and the arrest didn't happen, but he was there to lend his voice to the workers against these big corporations that own casinos.

I mean, there are two things, one which is very serious and one which is a little funny.

He used to lead these chants about, I am.

And it was this idea that you as a person had value, that you matter to society.