Rev. Jackson updates: Chicago says final goodbye to civil rights icon at Rainbow PUSH HQ

Late civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson is being honored in his native South Carolina Monday.

There's a memorial at the State House in Columbia, where Jackson's body is lying in state.

A horse drawn carriage carried the body of the late civil rights titan in a regal procession through the streets of the capital, a place that shaped his life and inspired a historical movement. The family of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson walking hand in hand, arm in arm honoring their father's service and sacrifice.

Late civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson is being honored in his native South Carolina Monday.

The pomp and circumstance fit for a king but honors a public servant and champion for the people. His casket carried inside the Capitol rotunda by the South Carolina Highway Patrol Honor Guard.

The honorable Congressman James Clyburn paid tribute to his beloved friend and freedom fighter with Gratitude sharing the importance of Rev Jacksons legacy and impact.

"You hear people talk all the time about proportionate voting," Representative Clyburn said. "How new that is. It ain't new. Jesse gave birth to it all....Were it not for proportional voting in our primaries, Barack Obama would never have been president of the United states of America."

It's a dignified honor salute to a final farewell.

James Hickman drove 17 hours from Chicago to Columbia. He said it was a long journey but a small token of appreciation to pay respects to a man who changed his life.

"He meant to a lot to me," Hickman said. "He keeps me motivational and keeping hope alive and believing that I can do anything that I want to achieve to do."

A memorial service for Rev. Jesse Jackson began Monday morning in his home state of South Carolina.

Rev. Jackson's casket was carried by a horse-drawn cart. to the South Carolina State House, where he is lying in state.

The motto for the state of South Carolina is "Dum spiro spero." It is Latin for "While I breathe, I hope." It is a mantra that embodies the life's work of the native son who has come home to rest.

As part of his homegoing services, Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. will be honored at the State Capital.

Sunday night, before the regal and royal celebrations begin, generations of the Jackson family gathered in South Carolina to reflect on the service, sacrifice and their gratitude for the civil rights leader.

A memorial caravan traveled to Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday, ushering his body in a brand new hearse driven by Chicago-based funeral home Leak & Sons traveling through six states. It has been a monumental mission of history and pride.

His foundation as a civil rights champion began with his upbringing in South Carolina. Jackson was born in the segregated town of Greenville. His mother, Helen Burns, was a high school student at the time.

Jesse was taught to ride in the back of the bus and denied access to the public library, injustices that fueled his inspiration to become a freedom fighter, and Rev. Jackson said he never left the battle field.

The civil rights icon lie in repose at the State Capital on Monday. However, Rev. Jackson's widow, Jacqueline Jackson, will not be in attendance. She fell ill in Nashville and is still hospitalized as of Sunday night.

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